Over sixty years ago, an innovative political campaign offered Australian voters a coherent political philosophy, writes Stephen Mills
31 May 12 Comments (2)France’s first facebooks
A recent French exhibition traced the rise of the photograph as a proof of identity and a form of surveillance, writes Daniel Nethery
Comments (0)“Sitting on a tractor, reading a book”
Ken Inglis and Bill Gammage pay tribute to the distinguished historian, and occasional Inside Story contributor, Hank Nelson, who died earlier this month
28 Feb 12 Comments (3)On Green Lotus Street
Shanghai doesn’t understand the appeal of its oldest precinct, writes Duncan Hewitt
01 Feb 12 Comments (0)The British ensign
Australia’s attachment to a flag with the Union Jack in the top corner puts it in odd company, writes Henry Reynolds
24 Jan 12 Comments (2)The smoke this time
An encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral in London casts a new light on this icon of British wartime defiance. But the epic days of the 1940s may have something to teach the protesters in return, says David Hayes
01 Nov 11 Comments (0)A hundred years later, it’s time for another vital voting reform
Out of the clash of interests in federal parliament in 1911 came an enduring electoral reform, writes Brian Costar. An update is long overdue
06 Oct 11 Comments (0)Sensational fiction in Marvellous Melbourne
Susan K. Martin and Kylie Mirmohamadi look at a sub-genre of popular writing that spanned the globe from London to Melbourne
05 Oct 11 Comments (0)Directors of the Liberals
FROM THE NATION ARCHIVE | Fifty years ago Australia’s major parties had limited resources and few staff. But one party had an edge over the other, writes Don Whitington in this essay first published in Nation in October 1961
04 Oct 11 Comments (0)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)Colonialism’s prequel
Julia Clancy-Smith’s Mediterraneans looks at a neglected period with contemporary resonance, writes Lorenzo Veracini
16 Sep 11 Comments (1)Letters from home
Judith Brett reviews Heather Henderson’s collection of letters from her father, Robert Menzies
13 Sep 11 Comments (0)On reading Mark McKenna’s biography of Manning Clark
Manning Clark went on a grand quest, writes Nicholas Gruen. But perhaps it was the journey rather than the arrival that mattered
25 Aug 11 Comments (2)Moralising the colonial past
Let’s allow our history to be complicated, argues Tim Rowse in this review of two new books about black–white relations
23 Jun 11 Comments (0)Making war
Australians have as little idea about why we are fighting in Afghanistan as they had about why we entered the first world war, writes Brian Toohey
09 Jun 11 Comments (1)Ah, the olden days!
Another history war under another conservative government. Frank Bongiorno reports from London
05 Jun 11 Comments (0)Conspicuous commemoration
Drawing on newly released FOI documents, David Stephens examines a case of over-building in Canberra
22 May 11 Comments (0)Art in internment
Deported after the first world war, Paul Dubotzki had created a remarkable record of life as an internee, writes Glenn Nicholls
12 May 11 Comments (0)Indonesia’s dangerous silence
Richard Tanter reports on a controversial intervention in Indonesian history, culture and memory
28 Apr 11 Comments (0)Billy Hughes and the end of an Empire
BOOKS | Jill Kitson reviews a new account of the wartime leadership of the diminutive Australian prime minister
23 Apr 11 Comments (0)
