Frank Bongiorno reviews Nick Cater’s The Lucky Culture
23 May 13 Comments (1)A welcome touch of modesty
Tim Rowse’s new book shows the strengths of an evidence-based approach to Indigenous policy, writes Frank Bongiorno
09 May 13 Comments (0)The captain’s pick
Julia Gillard’s press club speech gave an insight into how Labor sees itself governing an anxious country in uncertain times, writes Frank Bongiorno
05 Feb 13 Comments (1)The right kind of middle class?
In 1962 Peter Coleman assembled a group of writers to fill a gap in the way intellectuals had viewed Australia, writes Frank Bongiorno
16 Dec 12 Comments (1)A flawed giant
A sympathetic biography of Gough Whitlam also recognises its subject’s faults, writes Frank Bongiorno
08 Oct 12 Comments (0)The worldly art of Richard Torbay
This independent MP rose from thirty-year-old Armidale councillor to NSW parliamentary speaker. Now he plans to take on Tony Windsor for the Nationals. Frank Bongiorno looks at a politician who won’t stand still
14 Aug 12 Comments (0)William Chidley’s answer to the sex problem
Born to a free-thinking family in Melbourne around 1860, William Chidley became an energetic campaigner with some surprisingly respectable supporters, writes Frank Bongiorno in this extract from his new book
04 Jul 12 Comments (0)Getting under their skin
Frank Bongiorno traces the debate about blackness from Arthur Upfield to Andrew Bolt
07 Jun 12 Comments (1)What we talk about when we talk about bogans
The language of class distinctions tells us a lot about Britain and Australia, writes Frank Bongiorno
11 Apr 12 Comments (1)Who’s afraid of Margaret Thatcher?
The Iron Lady casts a long shadow, as David Cameron is finding in the lead-up to the next British election, writes Frank Bongiorno in London
09 Apr 12 Comments (0)The Labor way
The Labor conference exposed the party’s – and the government’s – weaknesses, writes Frank Bongiorno
07 Dec 11 Comments (0)Why does Labor exist?
Labor’s search for meaning needs to go beyond the failures of the post-1996 party, writes Frank Bongiorno
18 Nov 11 Comments (6)Amid the panic, a sense of purpose
Sixty years ago, H.V. Evatt successfully resisted strong public support for draconian anti-communist legislation, writes Frank Bongiorno. Is there a lesson for Labor in 2011?
20 Sep 11 Comments (4)Never so good?
On the anniversary of the 2010 Australian election, Frank Bongiorno – just back from London – contrasts the challenges facing Britain and Australia
21 Aug 11 Comments (1)The brothers grim
Despite defeating his brother in a long and hard-fought leadership campaign, it’s still not clear what British Labour leader Ed Miliband stands for, writes Frank Bongiorno
10 Aug 11 Comments (0)British Labour’s blues
Frank Bongiorno looks at the growing influence of Labour peer Maurice Glasman on the British opposition party
26 Jul 11 Comments (3)A class apart
Is “merit” the new demarcation line in British society, asks Frank Bongiorno in London
21 Jul 11 Comments (0)Ah, the olden days!
Another history war under another conservative government. Frank Bongiorno reports from London
05 Jun 11 Comments (0)Friends of the family
Why did some British academics and universities get so close to Colonel Gaddafi, asks Frank Bongiorno in London
19 Apr 11 Comments (1)The elusive Mr Logue
In London Frank Bongiorno looks at why Lionel Logue is portrayed as an Aussie larrikin in The King’s Speech
28 Mar 11 Comments (0)
