A baby, a surgeon and a last chance
A six-month old baby, a terminally defective heart and a round-world mercy dash to perform a radical untried surgery. Surgeon Stephen Westaby's remarkable story.
'They don't want to die in the camp'
The sheer "horror" of the world's largest refugee camp led Ben Rawlence to write his latest book.
Dictionaries are hot again
"We want clear statements about what things are, and dictionaries provide that."
Be careful analysing Shakespeare
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Five books to understand Stephen K. Bannon
Stephen Bannon has become a bigger boogeyman on the left than Karl Rove or Lee Atwater ever were.
The beasts of Bloomsbury
Bell's private life also distracts attention from her work.
Why I can't turn the page on secondhand bookshops
Entering a secondhand bookshop is a means of embarking upon an adventure of ideas.
Myth and nostalgia, the Rasputin story
The revelations in this "dark fairy tale" are impressive.
Art, gardens, literature – alive and on line
The gift of a great American art benefactor keeps on giving.
Utopian ideals keep us on the straight and narrow
Much of Sir Thomas More's vision has come true but how much of it was a joke all along?
Conquering the Iron Curtain on a shopping bike
A rickety East German model with tiny wheels and two gears was the vehicle of choice for this author's strangely hilarious odyssey.
Life and times of a detective fiction genius
Ross Macdonald isn't your average pulp mystery hack.
Harsh and graceful, the Hindu world
"Hinduism may be the least egalitarian of the great religions," Abbas says.
What 'Love Wins' author is reading
Jim Obergefell, who won a Supreme Court challenge to Ohio's ban on the recognition of same-sex marriage, calls himself an accidental activist.
Mesmorised by Benedict Cumberbatch
His sheer popularity is testament to how Cumberbatch's version of Sherlock has caught viewers' imaginations worldwide.
President bookworm
No modern president is as fundamentally shaped – in his life, convictions and outlook on the world – by reading and writing as Barack Obama.
Books that prove love trumps hate
Three books to prove that love does trump hate, the struggle to escape conventional life and the inside story into Trump's win.
How racism killed a boy and his father
The true tale of father and son, killed in acts of age-old prejudice which still troubles Americans.
The odd couple of science fiction
Arthur Clarke was a scientific educator. Explanations were his forte. Stanley Kubrick, on the other hand, was an intuitive director.
Most underrated writer of the 20th century?
Shirley Jackson may have been underappreciated when she was alive, but that's no longer true thanks to book reissues and a major biography.
Clinton was 'tone deaf': US expert
Author Thomas Frank pinpoints what's afflicting America's working class over Lunch with the AFR.
Black Panther story told via photographs
No one should fail to see the relevance of this book, given the presidential election and the rise of Black Lives Matter.
How LSD microdose helped save a marriage
Author Ayelet Waldman swears illicit drops put her back on track with husband novelist Michael Chabon.
Paris fashion sculptor turns Tuscany horse photographer
An Australian rebel in Paris fashion finds a new life among the cowboys of Tuscany.
Technology's biggest fear – the sun
What will happen to our technology-dependent world if another massive solar flare comes our way?
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