Our new Gilded Age
There are uncanny echoes between today's populist White House and the wrenching decades after America's Civil War.
America's Lawrence of southeast Asia
Washington hoped that another idealistic, unconventional outsider might win a guerilla war for them. Edward Lansdale failed -- but inspired a Graham Greene novel instead, writes James Hershberg
Haunted by colonial history
Peter Carey's new novel is about a team of round-Australia auto rallyists who find themselves drawn into the terra nullius of their own life and times.
The loveliest libraries you have never seen
Great Britain's libraries were both a refuge for eccentric nobility and an arriviste display of wealth
Exploring our love affair with pictures
The 400 billion photographs taken each year says that we are as much taken with 2-D images as we were in the era of the unique painting.
Heat, dust and misogyny
The 17 stories in At The End of the Century chronicle Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's concern with cultural encounters, dislocation and the immigrant experience.
National eSports league to run in Hoyts cinemas
The rise of eSports is continuing with a new deal to create gaming arenas in Hoyts cinemas for a city-based Australian league.
'The world's sexiest harpist' is coming to Australia
Based in Monte Carlo, the world's hottest plucker will tour Australia in May with the Brandenburg Orchestra.
The Australian blockbuster you'll probably never see
New Australian-Chinese production Guardians of the Tomb is the latest example of films made specifically for China's booming cinema market. Just don't expect it to get rave reviews here.
A touch of evil
Is art less beautiful or thought less profound when it is created by thugs, rapists, or bullies? The #MeToo revelations have raised the ques...
House of Cards to return with two new cast members
Netflix this week resumed production on the final season of House of Cards, minus its star, Kevin Spacey, but plus new character
