The middle of nowhere
Australia’s political leaders have lost their bearings in a changed world
In light of recent events
Dot-to-dot puzzle of the challenge beyond our Pentecostal PM’s thoughts and prayers
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator, artist and cartoonist.
Damascene subversion: Christos Tsiolkas’s ‘Damascus’
The literary storyteller’s latest novel wrestles with the mythology of Christianity’s founder, Paul the Apostle
Cap in hand
An unprecedented twist in the Walkley Award–winning story of the David Eastman murder case![Cover of Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’ [detail]](https://www.themonthly.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/panel_image_small/public/Lohrey_1140x700_v2.jpg?itok=BCUIHHKL "Cover of Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’")
Agents of chaos: Peter Pomerantsev’s ‘This Is Not Propaganda’
The Russian expat journalist wonders if democracy can survive the internet, as social media is used to promote feelings over facts
Something mythic
For Robyn Davidson, her acclaimed memoir ‘Tracks’ was an act of freedom whose reception hemmed her in
COVID-19 versus human rights
The virus is the latest excuse for governments to slash and burn the individual rights of prisoners
Road map to nowhere
Angus Taylor’s road map is anything but an emissions reduction strategy
Into the slippery unknown: ‘The Gospel of the Eels’
Patrik Svensson’s eloquent debut is a hymn to the elusiveness of eels and an ode to family