July 2020
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
Donald Trump and the collapse of the Union
The man inside and the inside man
Crime, punishment and indemnities in western Sydney’s gang wars
The Nation Reviewed
Reconciliation and the promise of an Australian homecoming
What would make an acknowledgement of country more welcome
Rebuilding the economy means government investment, but not all public spending is equal
New climate modelling suggests planetary crisis is coming much sooner than previously thought
After 300 inquiries into natural disasters and emergency management, insurers are taking the lead
Arts & Letters
Fermata: Musical performance in lockdown
What becomes of the communion of classical musicians, composers and audiences during social isolation?
The death of cool: Michel Piccoli, 1925–2020
Re-watching the films of the most successful screen actor of the 20th century
The heat of a moment: Ziggy Ramo’s ‘Black Thoughts’
A debut hip-hop album that calls for a reckoning with Indigenous sovereignty and invites the listener to respond
Noted
‘Minor Detail’ by Adania Shibli (trans. Elisabeth Jaquette) The Palestinian author’s haunting novel about an atrocity committed by Israeli soldiers in 1949
‘The Rain Heron’ by Robbie Arnott An unsettling near-future tale of soldiers hunting a mythic bird by ‘the Tasmanian Wordsworth’
In Light of Recent Events
By Oslo Davis
Drawings of what I think various Real Clickbait Headlines might be about, without actually clicking on them
