Julian Barnes’s playfully incisive ‘The Man in the Red Coat’
This biography of a suave Belle Époque physician doubles as a literary response to Brexit
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.
June 2008
Stasiland now
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the author of ‘Stasiland’ reveals the ongoing power of the former East German regime, not just in politics and business but also in shaping perceptions of victimhood in unified Germany
Morrison on top
… but voters want climate action too
Cap in hand
An unprecedented twist in the Walkley Award–winning story of the David Eastman murder case
Stasiland now
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the author of ‘Stasiland’ reveals the ongoing power of the former East German regime, not just in politics and business but also in shaping perceptions of victimhood in unified Germany
Peace with dishonour
On the West’s Trump-led exit from the wreckage of the Middle East
Australia 2.0
The America’s Cup winged keel and the transformation of a nation
Remember her name
Were systemic racism and unconscious bias among police officers behind the death in custody of Tanya Day?Julian Barnes’s playfully incisive ‘The Man in the Red Coat’
This biography of a suave Belle Époque physician doubles as a literary response to Brexit
Mati Diop’s haunting ‘Atlantics’
The French-Senegalese director channels ancient fables and contemporary nightmares in this ghostly love story
‘I’m with the Band: Nasty Cherry’
This Netflix series pays lip service to female empowerment in the music industry, but ultimately reinforces its limits
Streaming highlights: November 2019
‘The Crown’, ‘For All Mankind’ and ‘Dickinson’ offer new perspectives on history, and pragmatism meets pyramid schemes in ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’
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