July 2017
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
The impact of Facebook and the tech giants
Mapping and minding shared lands
The Nation Reviewed
The Uluru Statement is a clear and urgent call for reform
Could Donald Trump finally force Australia to critically examine its feudal obligations to the US?
Anti-Semitism is on the rise
Meet the team behind the Macquarie Dictionary
Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar String Quartet meet some of Melbourne’s youngest musicians
Sprout farmer Bruce Adams has created one of Australia’s more unlikely oversized highway attractions
VOX
Medicine
Arts & Letters
Australia’s Tracey Moffatt leads the way at the 57th Venice Biennale
Laura Poitras’ ‘Risk’ sidesteps the biggest question about Julian Assange
Arundhati Roy’s ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ was worth the 20-year wait
Jennifer Peedom’s ‘Mountain’ is a meditation on the allure of the climb
With their two new other-worldly albums, Shabazz Palaces continue to evade categorisation
Noted
‘Between Them’ by Richard Ford Bloomsbury; $18.99
‘The Last Man in Europe’ by Dennis Glover Black Inc.; $29.99
In Light of Recent Events
By Oslo Davis
On the ABC’s Q&A recently, Barnaby Joyce, on the topic of climate change, said that every time there’s a cyclone people would go, “Oh, bingo, that was caused by you turning on your lights!” But the senator’s IKEA lamps aren’t the only things causing destruction around the world. In the quiz below, see if you can match the politicians’ actions in the left-hand column with the catastrophic effects on the right.