Spectrum
The whimsical comedy-drama that has won hearts around the world
Setting out to make an English working-class film that was joyful for a change, Charlotte Regan has struck gold with Scrapper.
- by Garry Maddox
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From angst to zwodder, there’s a word for that special feeling
Whether you’re forswunk or suffering acatalepsy, someone somewhere has coined a term to capture the mood.
- by David Astle
A profound conversation that whizzes across time
Kate Mildenhall’s third novel displays a fearlessness in writing historical fiction of recent times that dissects class.
- by Helen Elliott
Europe’s year of revolutions and what they all meant
Australian historian Christopher Clark’s history of the 1848 revolutions that erupted in Europe is a titanic piece of work.
- by Pat Sheil
Everything about food has improved - especially the books
While progress in many fields over the past 50 years may be debatable, our cuisine has only got better.
- by David Free
★★★★
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Nostalgia, fury and wit make Olivia Rodrigo’s new album a triumph
The pop superstar draws on a well of 2000s pop-rock influence to chart the angst heartbreak and the thirst for vengeance.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
We let the greatest Australian pop song of the 21st century pass us by
It’s not simply criminally underrated, it’s perfect.
- by Tom W. Clarke
The art fair that’s become the exact event that Sydney needs
We’ve seen it happen with Sculpture by the Sea, Vivid and, most recently, the Women’s World Cup.
- by John McDonald
Superb acting outweighs the small-town-big-secrets trope in this drama
This new Australian series examines the lives of three friends whose lifelong bond was broken by the events of one night.
- by Kylie Northover
Donald Horne’s bumpy intellectual journey from right to left
Ryan Cropp’s biography suggests Australia won’t see a public intellectual like Donald Horne again.
- by Phillip Deery
Every Kylie Minogue song ranked
Her new album is just around the corner, so what better time to rank all 170 of Kylie’s songs.
- by Robert Moran and Annabel Ross