August 2016
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
A good hard look at the Greens
What did the party deliver?
Australia’s solar champions face an uncertain future
A region returns to earth
The Nation Reviewed
Brexit, Trump and the federal election show how the old categories of left and right are crumbling
Max Richter brings his nocturnal odyssey ‘Sleep’ to the Sydney Opera House
Wikiclub NT is raising the Northern Territory’s profile on Wikipedia
Why are our pets so pampered?
Medicine
Arts & Letters
Nobel Prize–winning journalist Svetlana Alexievich brings together an extraordinarily diverse group of Russian voices
Tom Griffiths’ ‘The Art of Time Travel’ is a thoughtful look at some of Australia’s most prominent historians
Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary ‘Weiner’ charts the fall of a congressman who can’t keep out of the spotlight
Ciro Guerra’s ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ brings together two Amazonian encounters
The Avalanches’ ‘Wildflower’ isn’t the comeback we needed
Noted
‘Barkskins’ by Annie Proulx Fourth Estate; $32.99
‘The Gustav Sonata’ by Rose Tremain Chatto & Windus; $29.99
