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Hotel Golf
Helen Garner on life, anger and judgement
The Latest
Incarceration is a recurring theme at Mona’s 2018 winter arts festival
A music-loving Melbourne economist is revitalising a Mississippi town
Storyteller Sofija Stefanovic’s ‘Miss Ex-Yugoslavia’
A vivid account of growing up in a time of war, between two worlds
The blue wave versus the cult of Trump
Virginia’s bizarre primaries give a taste of what’s to come this election season
TIRED of WINNING
American Dispatches by Richard Cooke
American politics and society has rarely, if ever, been as tumultuous as it is today.
The Nation Reviewed
The financial services royal commission has revealed more than anyone banked on
When planetary catastrophe is your day job
Climate scientists are working hard to keep the apocalypse relevant
A music-loving Melbourne economist is revitalising a Mississippi town
People are dying to get into this forensic research facility
A new four-day tour in Tasmania is owned and guided by Aboriginal people
The Monthly Essays
Helen Garner on life, anger and judgement
An unnatural disaster for the Rohingya
Myanmar’s systematic attack on its own people has been ignored for too long
VOX
One man’s pursuit of a life without work
The great authors offer words of wisdom
Arts & Letters
A song cycle in 5 parts
Robert Smith and co. are celebrating 40 years of the band. Why do they still inspire such love?
The elevated horror of Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’
This debut feature will test the mettle of even the most hardened genre fans
Noted
‘Axiomatic’ by Maria Tumarkin This collection of bracing essays interrogates how we view the past
‘The Lady and the Unicorn’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Six exquisite tapestries form one of the great works of medieval art
In-depth analysis of the moments that define the day from Paddy Manning.
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