Leaders and dung beetles
On John Cain, Scott Morrison and our curious inability to elect good people
In light of recent events
Pope Francis’s Guide to Avoiding Physical Contact
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator, artist and cartoonist.
The king in exile: Gordon Koang
The music of the South Sudanese star and former refugee offers solace and a plea for unity
Warringah warrior
Independent MP Zali Steggall hopes her private member’s bill will take the partisanship out of climate-change policy![Image of L’Arlésienne [detail], by Pablo Picasso](https://www.themonthly.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/panel_image_small/public/Cosic_1140x700_1.jpg?itok=wGACp5Mx)
‘Matisse & Picasso’: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Hanging works by the two masters together highlights their artistic rivalry and mutual influence
What dreams may come: ‘Hamnet’
Shakespeare’s son succumbs to plague as Maggie O’Farrell conjures Elizabethan England
AFL names of the decade
Games may be cancelled, but the names play on
Language is a virus
With information on COVID-19 changing constantly, the government needs to fine-tune its delivery
Coronavirus: cancelling culture
How the COVID-19 crisis could be catastrophic for Australia’s already vulnerable arts sector