May 2025, no. 475
ABR marks the end of an era as Peter Rose publishes his final issue after twenty-four transformative years as Editor. We feature Peter’s final Diary and tributes from senior contributors, including new Editor Georgina Arnott, and we announce the creation of the Peter Rose Editorial Cadetship. Also in the issue, we announce the winners of the 2025 Calibre Essay Prize, now worth $10,000, and feature the winning essay. Simon Tormey investigates ‘British politics in an era of poly-crisis’ and ABR turns its eye to colonial legacies as it considers Näku Dhäruk by Clare Wright and Unsettled by Kate Grenville. We review books about second-wave feminist Beatrice Faust, Henry James, and Dante, the Hong Kong exhibition Picasso/Asia, and books by Colm Tóibín, Robert Dessaix, Sonia Orchard, Bill Gates, Josephine Rowe, Gregory Day and more.
