‘John Mawurndjul: I Am the Old and the New’ at the MCA, Sydney
The celebrated bark painter’s ethos guides this retrospective exhibition
June 2008
Essays
Wilfred Burchett booklist
Tom Heenan, From Traveller to Traitor: The Life of Wilfred Burchett
(Melbourne University Publishing, 2006)
George Burchett & Nick Shimmin, eds, Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist: The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett
(University of New South Wales Press, 2005)
George Burchett & Nick Shimmin, eds, Rebel Journalism: The Writings of Wilfred Burchett
(Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Tibor Méray, On Burchett
(Callistemon Publications, 2008: PO Box 293, Belgrave VIC 3160)
Stephen Endicott & Edward Hagerman, The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War and Korea
(Indiana University Press, 1999)
Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: China's Secret Famine
(Hachette Livre, 1997)
Wilfred Burchett's books are currently out of print.
Robert Manne is emeritus professor of politics and vice-chancellor’s fellow at La Trobe University. His most recent books are The Mind of the Islamic State and On Borrowed Time.
June 2008
Can David Sinclair cure old age?
The Australian geneticist believes ageing is a disease we can treat
The AFL’s concussion problem
Is the league running interference on the damage concussion can cause?
Laurie Matheson, our man in Moscow
Was ‘Australia’s James Bond’ working for the KGB? Or ASIO? Or both?
Australia’s China reset
The rest of the world is watching how we counter Beijing’s campaign of influence
Paul Feig’s sophisticated ‘A Simple Favour’
This camp study of sociopathy is far from simple
‘MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art’
An eye candy-laden, educational treasure hunt of an exhibition
Turnbull fires back
Unlike Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull never promised ‘no wrecking’
Toronto International Film Festival 2018 (part one)
A British outlier and a British newcomer are among the stand-outs in the first part of the festival
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