Spectrum
Does this book mean the end of authors?
Death of an Author was written by AI. Some have welcomed the development, others are horrified.
- by Jane Sullivan
Latest
What do James Bond and Barbie have in common? It’s all in the brand
Don’t expect to see 007 driving a Toyota. When it comes to product placement, nothing is accidental.
- by Michael Idato
Madame Cezanne steps out of the paintings to tell her hidden story
Angela O’Keeffe follows up her novel about Blue poles by giving voice to Hortense Fiquet Cezanne, the wife of the great impressionist painter.
- by Fiona Gruber
Eight books to read: From Hollywood scandals to small town mysteries
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Opinion
Musings
Twitter is dead, but what about me?
I have been on Twitter for an embarrassingly long time. Its downfall is bad news for me – and people like me.
- by Rebecca Shaw
The ‘ferocious’ painting that won Australia’s richest landscape prize
First Nations artists continue to dominate Tasmania’s prestigious Hadley’s Art Prize.
- by John McDonald
The delightful and delinquent pioneers who helped develop vaccination
Simon Schama unearths some astonishing stories in his history of vaccination.
- by Pat Sheil
Two dishwashers? It’s time we all lowered our standards
Why have we allowed our lives to become so dominated by domestic drudgery?
- by Richard Glover
Remember coronavirus? It stole this masterpiece from us
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is the technicolour tropical joy we all missed out on.
- by Sarah Thomas
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Review
Two misfits blow the whistle on the billion-dollar telemarketing industry
HBO’s new docuseries, produced by the Safdie brothers, is a gritty hero’s quest in the guise of a telemarketing expose.
- by Robert Moran
One of these pictures is real. Can you pick which one?
Artificial Intelligence is just the latest tool with which artists explore their ideas. So why is everyone getting so het up?
- by Andrew Stephens