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‘Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist’, an incomplete portrait
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The magnificently messy ‘House of Cards’
The show that made Netflix a major player comes to a satisfying and ludicrous end
The PM’s farcical bus tour cements spin over substance as his brand
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American Dispatches by Richard Cooke
American politics and society has rarely, if ever, been as tumultuous as it is today.
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Free speech has never been ‘free’
The idea that all opinions should be ventilated is misguided
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Meet those who speak for the dead to protect the living
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The rise, duck and weave of Australia’s no-fault prime minister
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Eddie Perfect goes to Broadway
The Australian composer has two musicals – ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘King Kong’ – opening in New York
A bigger, shinier cage: Julia Holter’s ‘Aviary’
A classically schooled composer seeks shelter from the cacophony of modern life
‘The Old Man and the Gun’ and the outlaw Robert Redford
David Lowery’s new film pays too much tribute to the Sundance Kid
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‘Killing Commendatore’ by Haruki Murakami Art, music and mystery abound in the Japanese author’s latest novel
‘American Masters’ at the National Gallery of Australia The best of the US, drawn from Canberra’s own collection
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