So Was That Just The Ego Talking?
Amid a perfect publicity squall, Christopher Hitchens has blown through Sydney, using its Writers’ festival…More
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Not All Critics Are Failed Artists
A selection of Robert Forster’s music criticism in The Monthly has recently been collected in…More
Brains, Minds, Hearts And Souls
According to a range of authorities from Shakespeare to Blondie, our hearts generate our defining…More
How To Impersonate A Yes Man
"There’s a new dawn rising at Shell," a short man with a megaphone tells a…More
Violence Is A Means And An End
Mark Danner has some unusual characteristics for a mainstream US journalist. He has published in…More
The Sisterhood Of The Super Wealthy
Just before she married, Helen LaKelly Hunt’s father called her fiancé into his study for…More
Turning The Tables On Phillip Adams
I press a button and an omnipotent-sounding voice emanates from a speaker. "Come in, godson,"…More
Stuck In The Present
With futurists like Jacques Attali, Fareed Zakaria and Philip Bobbit all predicting the end of…More
Is Hamas On The Ropes?
In Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, boxer Jake La Motta drops his gloves in the final…More
A Boy Soldier's Story
Hip-hop fans would be excited to know that Sudanese musician, Emmanuel Jal, is in Australia…More