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    In light of recent events
    Let’s colour COVID-19 lockdown by numbers!

    Oslo Davis

    Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator and artist. Raised Eyebrows, his yearly newspaper of drawings, is out now.


    In This Issue

    Gif of cover image from The Monthly September issue

    Snapback

    Sean KellyIn the face of the pandemic, Scott Morrison has failed to adjust his thinking, and wants to return to the way things used to be

    Images of members of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights at the Chelmsford royal commission, 1990

    Chelmsford revisited

    Lane SaintyThirty years on from the excoriating royal commission, two practitioners of deep sleep therapy seek redemption in a defamation case that again blames Scientologists for their downfall

    Illustration by Jeff Fisher

    The Uighurs of Xinjiang

    David McRaeA visit to Ürümqi’s quieted streets and contested museums

    Illustration by Jeff Fisher

    From locked out to locked in

    Christiaan De BeukelaerWhen international ports close, what happens to those at sea?


    Read on

    Serenity

    Martin McKenzie-MurrayGive us not serenity but a sense of urgency in the face of catastrophic climate change

    Image of Cătălin Tolontan in Collective.

    Bitter pill: ‘Collective’

    Craig MathiesonThis staggering documentary exposes institutionalised corruption in Romanian hospitals

    All things considered: Emily Maguire’s ‘Love Objects’

    Bec Kavanagh The Australian writer’s latest novel portrays hoarding with an acute understanding of the deeply human desire to connect

    Image of Antara by Betty Kuntiwa Pumani. © The artist, Mimili Maku and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2021

    Held in common: ‘The National’ at the MCA

    Erin McFadyenForegrounding women’s practice, this exhibition of contemporary Australian art proposes a poetics of inclusion



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