May 2020
Magazine
The Monthly Essays
How the spread of the virus revealed our leaders to us
Brian Houston’s Pentecostal movement in an age of climate change and coronavirus
Adam Bandt, the personable hardliner
Where will the Greens’ unusual new leader take the party?
The Nation Reviewed
What lessons will we learn from the virus?
Hope is essential, but optimism can be deadly
Voices from the coronavirus outbreak
Australia’s Bernie Sanders volunteers
Athlete Claire Keefer trains for a Paralympics now postponed
The acoustic ecologists documenting our quieted world
VOX
Keeping mum about the Easter Bunny
Keeping up appearances during periods of homelessness
Arts & Letters
Consolations in isolation: ‘The Platform’ and ‘Free in Deed’
What is the future of cinema without cinemas?
The ripple effect: Cable Ties’ ‘Far Enough’
A big year turned on its head for the Melbourne band
Noted
‘Fathoms: The World in the Whale’ by Rebecca Giggs The Australian writer’s lyrical consideration of our relationship with whales is a new and ambitious kind of nature writing
‘Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982’ by Cho Nam-Joo (trans. Jamie Chang) The coldly brilliant, bestselling South Korean novel describing the ambient harassment and discrimination experienced by women globally
