Was Shakespeare something you endured at school, or something that never left you? In this rich, panoramic reflection, Peter Craven explores the Bard’s enduring presence in culture, performance, and ...

What happens when governments underfund the services that hold our social fabric together? Economist David Gilchrist exposes ...

You’ve heard their songs — on Breaking Bad, on the radio, sung by Nilsson or Mariah Carey— but you may not know the ...

With Pope Leo XIV now leading the Church, there’s a quiet hopefulness in the air of renewal, of fresh energy. But the ...

Adam Bandt’s unexpected loss in Melbourne has sent shockwaves through the Greens’ ranks. Once poised for expansion, the party ...

What kind of Pope will Leo XIV be? In the wake of Francis, this new pontiff inherits both a vision and a world in flux. With ...

A new pope from the Americas, shaped by Peruvian missions and Roman canon law, signals a Church recalibrating for an era of ...

Melanesia: Travels in Black Oceania, by Hamish McDonald. Black Inc. 330 pp. RRP $36.99 In the second debate of the Australian federal election campaign, moderator David Speers gently reminded ...

The federal election campaign of 2025 was an interlude. Politicians, advocacy groups and the commentariat all had their issue lists but where were the big initiatives? The grand narratives? The ...

That consummate novelist Elizabeth Strout has created many memorable characters, among them Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge. Lucy has grown up in an atmosphere of desperate poverty and marked ...