Culture
Books
‘I felt like something was missing’: Emily Ratajkowski is a work in progress
The supermodel’s first book, titled My Body and out on November 9, is a collection of essays that “were written to try to figure out what I believed,” she says.
- by Lauren Christensen
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‘A good riff is a rare beauty.’ Paul McCartney on music, love and life
The former Beatle looks back on his life through the prism of 154 songs.
- by Michael Dwyer
Extract
Art
Arts ministers watched on as Australian film and television suffered
In A Bloody Good Rant, Thomas Keneally says the arts must again be nurtured, funded and valued as an extension of our country’s identity.
- by Thomas Keneally
On policy, there’s less to Morrison’s words than meets the eye
It was a strange incident. The Prime Minister of the country had made a suggestion of national significance, and then said now was not the time to discuss it.
- by Sean Kelly
She’s a millionaire, so why is Zoe Foster Blake still writing picture books?
To some, she is the beauty mogul and young rich-lister whose skincare start-up swelled into a multi-million dollar empire. To others, she’s the fart woman.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Opinion
Gender equality
Horrifying and hilarious lies that have been used to boss women
No wonder so many women feel a simmering or flaming rage. We’re treated hideously and then forbidden to be cross about it.
- by Kaz Cooke
Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo on a society where we say, ‘I look good for my age’
The British writer discusses how religion impacts the way she writes, what she inherited from her father, and the societal expectation she still plays into.
- by Benjamin Law
How having a drink helped us toward art, society and civilisation
Edward Slingerland insists alcohol helped early societies stick together, creating a sense of camaraderie, cooperation and exchange of ideas.
- by Pat Sheil
How three little girls made a vow to survive whatever happened
A promise made to their father was kept through the worst of times.
- by Jessie Tu
Helen Garner’s diaries: a portrait of a writer at her wit’s end
The novelist and non-fiction writer’s third volume of diaries reveals the anger, sadness and pity of a failed marriage.
- by Peter Craven
The return of Lucy Barton - and she’s looking for answers
Elizabeth Strout has brought back Lucy Barton in a novel that focuses on Lucy’s first husband.
- by Michael McGirr