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November 2017, no. 396

November 2017, no. 396

Welcome to the November Arts issue! Highlights include:

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India

Claudia Hyles reviews 'Koh-I-Noor: The history of the world’s most infamous diamond' by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand

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Law

John Eldridge reviews 'Watching Out: Reflections on justice and injustice' by Julian Burnside

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History

Miriam Cosic reviews 'The Unwomanly Face of War' by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

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Poetry

Susan Sheridan reviews 'Thea Astley: Selected poems' edited by Cheryl Taylor

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Photography

Louis Klee reviews 'Blind Spot' by Teju Cole

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Essay Collection

If This Is a Jew

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Theatre

Brian McFarlane reviews 'Balancing Acts: Behind the scenes at the National Theatre' by Nicholas Hytner

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Architecture

Andrew Montana reviews 'The Poisoned Chalice: Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House' by Anne Watson

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Biography

Christopher Menz reviews 'Rayner Hoff: The life of a sculptor' by Deborah Beck

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Biography

Michael Shmith reviews 'Ernest Newman: A critical biography' by Paul Watt

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Highlights of the Year

2017 Arts Highlights of the Year

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Shakespeare

Robert S. White reviews 'How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: Power and succession in the history plays' by Peter Lake

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Poem

'Imprints of Water' by Joan Fleming

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Art

Johanna Leggatt reviews 'Whiteley on Trial' by Gabriella Coslovich

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Memoir

Carol Middleton reviews 'The Rules Do Not Apply: A memoir' by Ariel Levy

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Fiction

Brian Matthews reviews 'A Sea-Chase' by Roger McDonald

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Fiction

Anna MacDonald reviews 'The Book of Dirt' by Bram Presser

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Fiction

Cassandra Atherton reviews 'Rubik' by Elizabeth Tan

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Fiction

James Ley reviews 'First Person' by Richard Flanagan

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Fiction

Paul Giles reviews 'A Long Way from Home' by Peter Carey

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Poem

'ghost flock' by Annamaria Weldon

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Fiction

Geordie Williamson reviews 'The Passage of Love' by Alex Miller

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Essay Collection

Suzy Freeman-Greene reviews 'Bitch Doctrine: Essays for dissenting adults' by Laurie Penny

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Society

Kirk Graham reviews 'Everybody Lies: What the Internet can tell us about who we really are' by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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Politics

Stephen Mills reviews 'Making Modern Australia: The Whitlam government’s 21st century agenda' edited by Jenny Hocking

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Politics

Klaus Neumann reviews 'Asylum By Boat: Origins of Australia’s refugee policy' by Claire Higgins

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Politics

Mark Chou reviews 'The Retreat of Western Liberalism' by Edward Luce and 'The Fate of the West: The battle to save the world’s most successful political idea' by Bill Emmott

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Politics

James Walter reviews 'Incorrigible Optimist: A political memoir' by Gareth Evans

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Religion

Morag Fraser reviews 'Martin Luther: Rebel in an age of upheaval' by Heinz Schilling, translated by Rona Johnston

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Letters

Letters to the Editor - November 2017

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Advances

News from the Editor's Desk - November 2017

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