Ceridwen Dovey’s ‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’
Reality flexes at the edges of Dovey’s second novel
In light of recent events
An Australian republic? One is amused.
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator and artist. Raised Eyebrows, his yearly newspaper of drawings, is out now.
Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Death of Stalin’
This Soviet satire pushes comedy’s tragedy-plus-time formula to the limit
Young Fathers’ ‘Cocoa Sugar’
The Scottish group’s third album proves they don’t sound like anyone else
Rethinking the republic
A change in our head of state won’t change everything, and other lessons for the next push
Alien renaissance
A revived interest in alien visitation only underscores how little we know about the universe
The return of the lucky country
The pandemic has exposed the truth of Donald Horne’s phrase, and the morbid state of our national leadership
On loop: Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’
The American comedian’s vulnerable and nuanced look at constant perception in the digital age
Dreaming of Biloela
Tharnicaa Murugappan versus 30 years of policy