I wrote “The Preservation of Pure Learning” — my summing up of the state of Australian universities for Inside Story after more than a year of Covid-19 — from a cabin in a holiday park in Cudmirrah, a ...

A thought-provoking (and entertaining) new book about revolutions doesn’t answer a question that has had our reviewer puzzled ...

Two new novels, one from Tasmania and the other from a South African writer, extend our understanding of empire and its consequences. Their settings are a century apart. Each is a hypothetical ...

The first hours of Operation Epic Fury — the joint US–Israeli military offensive against Iran, launched on 28 February — demonstrated the extraordinary reach of modern precision warfare. US and ...

Friendship is having a moment. Connoisseurs of illustrious children’s television shows like K-Pop Demon Hunters or Frozen will have noticed that Prince Charming has been usurped by Girl Gangs.

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International Dronesplaining Jane Goodall 19 December 2024 Whatever’s going on in the American skies, the action on the ground is worth exploring Books & arts The propagandist Jane Goodall 10 May 2024 ...

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Climate change scientists and activists have long harboured an uncomfortable secret: they don’t know how to achieve net zero emissions. That goal is imperative if the rise in global temperature is to ...

Diplomats spend their careers writing “cables” that report, record, recommend and instruct. This lifetime habit of writing has fed a minor Australian tradition of foreign affairs books by retired ...