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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Flesh is a revelation of what fiction can do

    • Peter Craven
    • 07 March 2025

    David Szalay’s Flesh unfolds with quiet, mesmeric intensity, charting a life shaped by desire, disappointment and disaster. As the ordinary shades into the catastrophic, Szalay’s controlled, unshowy prose builds a world of betrayals, longings and subtle devastations, proving, once again, that no one writes the ache of being alive quite like him.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Chill in the Air

    • Barry Divola
    • 25 February 2025

    Martin Phillipps of The Chills cheated death for years. After his passing last year at 61, his music lives on, with a posthumous album and a lasting legacy. 

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    The escalating crisis in Myanmar

    • Anonymous
    • 20 February 2025

    Myanmar’s military-led turmoil drives millions from their homes, bombs local communities, and keeps democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi behind bars. Once a nation of proud heritage and abundant resources, it now teeters on social and economic collapse. Our deep dive examines an enduring crisis and the determination powering an urgent call for change.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Criticism or condemnation? The ethics of speech in times of war

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 19 February 2025

    The shockwaves of the Hamas attack on Israel and the Israeli military’s response in Gaza have ignited protests, inflamed divisions, and prompted a reckoning with rising antisemitism. As hostilities pause, how should societies distinguish between legitimate criticism and rhetoric that fuels hate?

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    The task of worrying, then and now

    • Gillian Bouras
    • 19 February 2025

    William Cowper’s The Task, written in 1785, echoes today’s anxieties with eerie precision — war, oppression, the weight of the world. Can poetry offer solace in chaotic times? A journey through memory, history, and resilience might hold the answer.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Three poets: John Kelly, Isabella G. Mead, Warwick McFadyen

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 14 February 2025

      These poets offer distinct reflections on life, faith, and human experience in their recent work. From Kelly’s reflective musings on faith and education to Mead’s exploration of motherhood and nature, and McFadyen’s grappling with grief, their works search for a ‘something more’.

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