Culture
Does writing matter?
Richard Flanagan delivers the inaugural Boisbouvier Lecture
October 2016
October 2016 eBook
Federal politics
The mystery of Malcolm Turnbull
What does the prime minister stand for, and when will we find out about it?
It took two weeks and endless bureaucracy to honour a dying wish
Art
‘Mike Parr: Foreign Looking’ brings the anti-institutional artist to the National Gallery of Australia
Music
National anthems reflect all the complexities – and oddities – of the countries they represent
Books
Celebrated short-story practitioner Joy Williams turns to micro fiction in ‘Ninety-Nine Stories of God’
Television
Where did Baz Luhrmann go wrong?
Netflix’s hip-hop drama ‘The Get Down’ squanders its potential
