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May 1, 2022The quip and the dead: Steve Toltz’s ‘Here Goes Nothing’
A bleakly satirical look at death and the afterlife from the wisecracking author of ‘A Fraction of the Whole’
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Culture
May 1, 2022The quip and the dead: Steve Toltz’s ‘Here Goes Nothing’
A bleakly satirical look at death and the afterlife from the wisecracking author of ‘A Fraction of the Whole’
Culture
March 1, 2022Market of the apes: NFTs and digital art
NFTs have transformed the art market, but artificial intelligence might transform art itself
Society
October 1, 2021A loss of character
Remembering some of Sydney’s well-known streetfolk
Politics
March 1, 2021Red alert
After the chaos of Trump’s loss and the Capitol Hill riot, the Republican Party is at war with itself, and the warning signs for America are loud and clear
Politics
November 1, 2020The disappearing man
On Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party
Politics
August 1, 2020A unitary theory of cuts
The Morrison government is using the COVID-19 crisis to devastate the public service, the ABC, the arts and tertiary education
Culture
May 28, 2020Something mythic
For Robyn Davidson, her acclaimed memoir ‘Tracks’ was an act of freedom whose reception hemmed her in
Politics
May 1, 2020The ministry of pandemics
How the spread of the virus revealed our leaders to us
Politics
March 1, 2020Descent from the summit
Looking back on Kevin Rudd’s overly ambitious and thinly detailed Australia 2020 Summit
Politics
December 2, 2019Peace with dishonour
On the West’s Trump-led exit from the wreckage of the Middle East
Politics
May 30, 2019The aftermath
What is the lesson of Labor’s cautionary tale?
Politics
May 17, 2019Doomsday is nigh
The ALP’s policies are mild – why are they being treated as a mortal threat?
Politics
May 10, 2019Carping emissions
Unable to face the wicked problem of climate change, the campaign turns personal
Politics
May 2, 2019The humble meme merchant
The reasons for Clive Palmer’s resurgence are as inexplicable as its effects
Politics
April 24, 2019The vision thing
So far, the federal election campaign of 2019 is a surprise return to the politics of yesteryear