October 2013
Magazine
The Nation Reviewed
Are opera, ballet and classical music valuable as anything more than sedatives?
The 2013 election campaign came down to a contest between constancy and charisma, but Labor should have reined in its leader.
The delusion continues post-election
The battle for the seat of Indi
Cathy McGowan had the edge in her electorate thanks to her following basic rural etiquette: show up, and be nice.
Melbourne’s top barristers take up the Bushveldt Carbineer’s cause.
Looking for Lasseter’s lost treasure
The legend of the explorer’s “golden folly” still beguiles.
The Monthly Essays
Eddie Perfect unleashes the beast
Pigging out with the star of stage and screen
The release plan
Dining out with Michelle Garnaut
Her kitchen rules
All that glitters
Medicine
Arts & Letters
The best of Australian arts 2013
Critics give their picks for the year’s top ten
Musicians with a literary bent
Honourable failures
The enduring appeal of Kate Moss
The face
Joshua Oppenheimer’s ‘The Act of Killing’
Unforced confessions
Watching ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Pretty on the inside
A week at the opera
Rihanna and pop music’s history of domestic violence
Is it really nobody’s business?
Noted
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