Culture
April 7, 2020Knight to rook 3
Remembering Max von Sydow, the greatest actor of his generation
Peter Craven
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Culture
October 21, 2019Canon salute
Remembering Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019)
Culture
September 13, 2017Smiley’s return
‘A Legacy of Spies’ brings together two of John le Carré’s greatest characters – but why?
Culture
August 1, 2016‘The Gustav Sonata’ by Rose Tremain
Chatto & Windus; $29.99
Society
January 27, 2010‘The Legacy’ by Kirsten Tranter
Kirsten Tranter, the daughter of famous poet John and formidable literary agent Lyn, has a literary background with bells on. Her first novel, The Legacy, shows her to be a novelist with a commanding talent – a tough plain-stylist …
Society
July 3, 2009Tudor Style
Hilary Mantel’s ‘Wolf Hall’
arts
December 1, 2008A stockingful
Peter Craven on the best books for Summer
arts
December 1, 2008Best Books for Summer 2008–09
Alice Schroeder, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (Bloomsbury, 976pp; $49.95). Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father, read by the author (Text Publishing, 6 CDs; $39.95). Helen Garner, The Spare Room (Text Publishing, 208pp; $29.95). Christos …
arts
June 4, 2008Sing out loud, sing out strong
Opera in Australia
arts
December 5, 2007Sixty of the best
The best books for summer
December 5, 2007
Peter Craven’s Best Books for Summer 2007-08
Julian Burnside, Watching Brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law and Justice (Scribe, 320pp; $32.95). ISBN(13): 9781921215490.Julia Fox, Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford (W&N, 400pp; $55). ISBN: 0297850814.Waleed Aly, People Like Us: How Arrogance …
Society
April 4, 2007As you like it
An interview with Geoffrey Rush
arts
December 6, 2006A thinking read
The best books for summer
essay
November 1, 2006Time’s arrow
An interview with Robert Hughes
essay
May 3, 2006Cut!
Has the Australian film industry lost its way?