Politics
Us and Them: On the importance of animals (Quarterly Essay 45) by Anna Krien
by Alex O'Brien •
'Letter from Jaipur: Free speech and sectarian tensions at the Jaipur Festival' by Claudia Hyles
by Claudia Hyles •
This year’s Jaipur Literature Festival (20–24 January) more than lived up to the Indian Ministry of Tourism’s slogan – ‘Incredible India’.
... (read more)After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches by P.J. Keating
by Neal Blewett •
The Princeton Post Office, as befits this famed university town, has a certain grandeur. It is small – Princeton is a village after all – and modest in its proportions, but grand in aspiration. As you step through its panelled doors your gaze is drawn by the long parade of milk-glass and bronze lights towards the mural that adorns the far wall. Like the White House murals, it is lofty, but almost domestic in its depictions of American history, American hope, American mythology.
... (read more)The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays by Simon Leys
by Nicholas Hordern •
The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck – And Could Now Throw It All Away by Peter Hartcher & The Fog On The Hill: How NSW Labor lost its way by Frank Sartor
by Joel Deane •
Joseph Lyons: The People’s Prime Minister by Anne Henderson
by David Day •
Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics by John Mearsheimer
by Bruce Grant •