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The Monthly Today
A long week is over
Turnbull looked very human today
Sean Kelly
The Monthly music wrap: June 2017. Image of Lorde

The Monthly music wrap: June 2017

The return of Lorde, Frank Ocean and Radiohead live in Denmark, ‘OK Computer’ at 20, and more
Anwen Crawford

A novel idea

Álvaro Enrigue’s ‘Sudden Death’ and the nonfiction future of fiction
Matthew Clayfield

A new career in a new town, just like the old career in the old town

With each season, ‘Better Call Saul’ feels more like a corrective to ‘Breaking Bad’
Adam Rivett

Superpig in the city

Director Bong Joon-ho on ‘Okja’, Netflix and the new cinema model
Luke Goodsell
The Medicine

The next big thin

Dissecting dietary fads and habits
Karen Hitchcock

In revolt

Malthouse Theatre’s ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ is an exciting but nihilistic condemnation of how contemporary feminism has been derailed
Alison Croggon

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  1. The Monthly Today
    A long week is over
    Turnbull looked very human today
    Sean Kelly
    A long week is over. Source
  2. The Monthly music wrap: June 2017
    The return of Lorde, Frank Ocean and Radiohead live in Denmark, ‘OK Computer’ at 20, and more
    Anwen Crawford
    The Monthly music wrap: June 2017. Image of Lorde
  3. The Nation Reviewed
    Sex and Secrets in Public Parks
    The Beat Goes On
    Sonya Hartnett
    Sex and Secrets in Public Parks. Illustration by Jeff Fisher
  4. The Monthly Essays
    Grandfathering the Australian dream
    House prices, insecure work and growing debts … Who can afford a stake in today’s society?
    Richard Denniss
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Politics

The handshake. Illustration
Comment
The handshake
Could Donald Trump finally force Australia to critically examine its feudal obligations to the US?
Don Watson
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Comment
To walk in two worlds
The Uluru Statement is a clear and urgent call for reform
Megan Davis
The thin edge of the citizenship wedge
What does the government think it will achieve with its proposed reforms?
Mungo MacCallum
All jokes aside
The Trump impression is just another eggshell for the PM to walk on
Mungo MacCallum


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Society

Word wranglers. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Word wranglers
Meet the team behind the Macquarie Dictionary
Darryn King
Country needs people. Image of Yarrkalpa – Hunting Ground, Parnngurr Area, 2013
The Monthly Essays
Country needs people
Mapping and minding shared lands
Kim Mahood
Killing our media. Facebook CEO and chairman Mark Zuckerberg at the APEC CEO Summit 2016 in Lima, Peru
The Monthly Essays
Killing our media
The impact of Facebook and the tech giants
Nick Feik
The Medicine
A pain in the tooth
What happened to Australia’s publicly funded dental system?
Karen Hitchcock


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Culture

Beyond the notes. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed

Beyond the notes

Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar String Quartet meet some of Melbourne’s youngest musicians
Chloe Hooper
Arts & Letters / Film

Politics gets personal

Laura Poitras’ ‘Risk’ sidesteps the biggest question about Julian Assange
Robert Manne
Parallel universes. Photograph by Victoria Kovios
Arts & Letters / Music

Parallel universes

With their two new albums, Shabazz Palaces continue to evade categorisation
Anwen Crawford
Arts & Letters / Books

Her eloquent heart

Arundhati Roy’s ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ was worth the 20-year wait
Helen Elliott
Arts & Letters / Art

What must be said

Australia’s Tracey Moffatt leads the way at the 57th Venice Biennale
Julie Ewington
Arts & Letters / Film

Sweeping us up

Jennifer Peedom’s ‘Mountain’ is a meditation on the allure of the climb
Sebastian Smee
Noted

‘The Last Man in Europe’ by Dennis Glover

Black Inc.; $29.99
Frank Bongiorno
Noted

‘Between Them’ by Richard Ford

Bloomsbury; $18.99
Stephanie Bishop

Dark enlightenment

Hobart’s Dark Mofo is an illuminating reflection on myth, ritual, sex and death
Jenny Valentish


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Environment

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The Nation Reviewed
Nature 2.0
Saving Australia’s smallest freshwater fish
Nicole Gill
The tallest tree. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
The tallest tree
Brett Mifsud is saving Australia’s tallest trees
Patrick Witton
Making tracks. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Making tracks
The restoration of Mt Wellington’s Organ Pipes track requires painstaking work
Josephine Rowe
Fish have feelings too. Illustration
The Nation Reviewed
Fish have feelings too
Under-the-sea society is much more complex than we imagine
James Bradley


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Economics

The shorter working week can work
It’s time to take the four-day work week seriously
Emma Dawson
The new black. Image of a restaurant
The Monthly Essays
The new black
The overworked, underpaid, cash-in-hand worker is becoming increasingly common
Ann Arnold
Arrested development. Image of James Packer
The Monthly Essays
Arrested development
James Packer has been down, but he’s not out
Richard Cooke
A game theory. James Lovatt
The Monthly Essays
A game theory
Lovatts Crosswords gave its profits to employees. What went wrong?
Richard Cooke


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