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Peter Robb

Peter Robb
Peter Robb is the author of Midnight in Sicily, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for non-fiction and was named a New York Times Notable Book. His other books include A Death in Brazil (the Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2004) and Street Fight in Naples.


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Caravaggio's Saint Jerome, the patron saint of scholars. Wikimedia Commons
December 1, 2011

The life not lived

Culture

Reflections on scholarship

November 3, 2011

Dreamland

Culture

A journey through north-western NSW with Ivan Sen

Glenn Murcutt with a model of the house he built for Banduk Marika at Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, 2009. © Jim Trifyllis/Newspix
October 6, 2011

Fathers & sons

Culture

Meeting Glenn Murcutt

September 1, 2011

The kid grows up

arts

Meeting Alex dimitriades

A scene from Stuck Pigs Squealing's 2005 production of 'The Black Swan of Trespass'. © Brett Boardman Photography
August 1, 2011

Out of the box

Culture

Meeting Lally Katz

Chef Tony Bilson whips up some 'cucina ricca'. © Danielle Smith/Fairfax Photos
June 30, 2011

Stardust memories

Society

In search of real Italian food

Director Benedict Andrews in rehearsal for the Belvoir Street Theatre's current production, 'The Seagull'. © Heidrun Löhr
June 2, 2011

Under surveillance

Culture

Meeting Benedict Andrews

Shaun Gladwell, 'Tangara', production still, 2003. (Photographer: Josh Raymond.) Courtesy of the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery.
May 5, 2011

Lessons in unlearning

Culture

Shaun Gladwell

March 31, 2011

Who’s afraid of Marcia Langton?

Politics

Two very unlike people have been opening up new ways of thinking about Indigenous affairs in Australia during the past several years. Noel Pearson, the known face of the new thinking, is someone settler institutions can relate to. He is male. He belongs …

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