All sorts and all sports
A review of The Highlights, by Frank Keating. Keating's tales of what sports legends got up to off the field of play are priceless – and beautifully written
Those were the days
A review of Upstairs at the Party, by Linda Grant, a story about the long-lost world of 1970s student life that doesn’t ever quite cohere
Inspired messiness
Francesco Piemontesi combines stunning technique with an intellectual capacity that few can match
Humour, horror, beauty
A chilling new staging of Brian Friel’s adaptation of Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons at the Donmar
Anthem of hope
A seminal album by South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim celebrates its 40th anniversary
Long life
Losing an editorship isn't the end of the world. But it is glorious to have another one at the age of 73
Hat trick
For the second year running, 24-year-old Sergei Karjakin has won the Norway International, on both occasions ahead of Magnus Carlsen. The…
No. 319
Black to play. This is a variation from Svidler-Carlsen, Norway Chess 2014. Failing to win this game cost Carlsen first…
Unlikely champion
In Competition No. 2852 you were invited to step into the shoes of a well-known writer of your choice and…
The free market needs fighting for – again
The case for economic liberalism seemed won after the 1980s. But the old left is back
Australian Letters
Malcolm was hopeless Sir: The attempts by Mungo MacCallum (‘Turnbull lives on’, 7 June) and Richard Ferguson (‘One of us’,…
Hillary and us
So it was the quail what done ’er in. Asked to give an example of the ‘outrageous sexism’ that brought…
Diary Australia
One of the worst aspects of the way we go on these days is not only that we are all…
Hawkish Hillary
If you were contemplating running for President of the United States, a national book tour would be a handy pointer…
Brown Study
I originally thought the Abbott/Hockey budget was pretty sensible and logical in terms of the financial crisis facing the country;…
Australian notes
So despite being ‘well-meaning’ I am, according to Peter Manning in last week’s Sun-Herald, some sort of ‘racist’. This became…
