September 1, 2015
The rag trade
Society
How charities transform the clothes we throw away
Delia Falconer
By this author
September 1, 2011
‘Sarah Thornhill’ by Kate Grenville
Culture
Each of the three books in Kate Grenville’s loose trilogy – The Secret River (2005), The Lieutenant (2008) and now Sarah Thornhill – is an act of atonement. Each recognises the damage done to Indigenous …
December 2, 2010
‘Hand Me Down World’ by Lloyd Jones
Culture
“I was with her at the first hotel on the Arabian Sea. That was for two years. Then at the hotel in Tunisia for three years. At the first hotel we slept in the same room. I knew her name, but that is all. I did not know when her birthday was. I did …
August 5, 2010
Connective tissue
arts
‘Tangle’ (Season Two) and ‘Spirited’
June 30, 2010
The public mind
Society
Bret Easton Ellis’ ‘Imperial Bedrooms’
July 3, 2009
Brought to Booker
Society
Man Booker International
March 5, 2008
Train I ride
arts
Don Watson’s ‘American Journeys’
September 6, 2006
Roadkill
nation_reviewed
It is a cold morning on the Tasman Peninsula, south of Hobart, and I am holding a dead wombat's paw. It is a surprisingly dainty thing, as elongated as a baby's foot. The pads are plump, unscarred and scrupulously clean. The palm is gently cupped. Dr …
November 2, 2005
The great unspooler. Romeo meets Juliet in ‘Kashmir’
arts
‘Shalimar the Clown’ by Salman Rushdie