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5 Bret Easton Ellis adaptations, ranked from worst to best.	Aug 6, 2026	1496
Omar Musa’s Miles Franklin win rewards epic, ambitious Australian writing with a global scope.	Aug 5, 2026	736
Provocation, ruin and empire: your guide to the 2026 Miles Franklin shortlist.	Aug 4, 2026	1597
Them at 25: Jon Ronson’s adventures with extremists made him famous – and Alex Jones, too.	Jul 16, 2026	2266
Friday essay: ‘cultural Marxism’ is a conspiracy theory for our time.	Jul 9, 2026	2216
Marty Supreme, Watergate, and menopausal punk-rock rage: what to stream in May.	Apr 30, 2026	1501
A stage adaptation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is truly singular, and genuinely memorable.	Apr 9, 2026	761
All The President’s Men at 50: one of the finest films about investigative journalism ever made.	Apr 6, 2026	740
The Iranian revolution transformed global extremism, replacing left-wing radicalism with religion.	Mar 9, 2026	1671
‘It could happen here’: Lord of the Flies took its lessons from Hitler’s Germany. They speak to now.	Feb 17, 2026	1389
Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times.	Feb 5, 2026	826
Gay ice-hockey players, lesbian space princesses, and cute dogs: what to watch in February.	Feb 1, 2026	2016
Battleship Potemkin at 100: how the Soviet film redrew the boundaries of cinema.	Dec 18, 2025	911
One UK journalist’s close access to Hitler carries a warning about Trump’s media restrictions.	Dec 14, 2025	2017
Friday essay: experts are predicting a stock market crash – what does 1929 have to teach us?	Dec 11, 2025	1696
Cinema’s most notorious film: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò turns 50.	Nov 20, 2025	822
Knowingly overblown and gloriously inscrutable: Shadow Ticket is vintage Thomas Pynchon.	Oct 20, 2025	1265
Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, set in 1984, is translated for the Trump era in One Battle After Another.	Oct 3, 2025	1594
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2025: investigating power, privilege and inequality.	Sep 29, 2025	1078
This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue.	Sep 28, 2025	1469
Joanna Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya reminds us Chekhov’s play is both timeless and timely.	Aug 2, 2024	758
The Dispossessed at 50: Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘anarchist utopia’ was an anguished response to war. Its political power endures.	Jun 4, 2024	1548
Friday essay: ‘me against you’ – Jon Ronson investigates the perpetual outrage of the culture wars.	May 16, 2024	3339
I wholeheartedly recommend The President: a brilliant revival of a play of decay, terror and revulsion.	Apr 19, 2024	885
The Marquis de Sade as feminist icon? Angela Carter’s surprising take on a notorious writer.	Mar 26, 2024	1871
Truman Capote was ruined when he published his society friends’ secrets. Was Answered Prayers worth it?	Feb 16, 2024	2305
My favourite fictional character: George Smiley is unattractive, overweight, a terrible dresser – and a better spy than James Bond.	Jan 1, 2024	1182
Knausgaard's ambitious new novel imagines Europe's last decades – ending with an ominous star and the return of the dead.	Dec 19, 2023	1999
Chekhov called The Seagull 'a comedy'. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, too.	Nov 27, 2023	970