Inside Story

Books & Arts We’re not at war. We’re at work Matthew Ricketson 14 February 2024 Former Washington Post editor Martin Baron reflects on Trump, Bezos and the challenges of journalism Correspondents Lost in the post Peter Mares 12 February 2024 Britain’s Post Office scandal, kept alive by dogged journalism and a new drama series, still has a long way to run Essays & Reportage How journalism should be done Peter Martin 30 January 2024 A former colleague pays tribute to longstanding Inside Story contributor Tim Colebatch From the archive The enemy within James Panichi 14 November 2023 How David Cameron — who returned to the British cabinet this week — fed the beast that eventually destroyed his prime ministership

Books & Arts The first succession… and its consequences Tom Greenwell 15 August 2023 Two new books reveal the intriguing origins of Rupert Murdoch’s global empire Books & Arts Donald Horne, citizen intellectual Frank Bongiorno 4 August 2023 A compelling biography captures the trajectory of the man who named the lucky country Essays & Reportage The “end” of Labor’s honeymoon and the “collapse” of women’s support for the Voice Murray Goot 25 July 2023 How Newspoll reports public opinion and how the Australian reports Newspoll Books & Arts The self-fashioning of George Orwell Peter Marks 13 July 2023 A new biography probes the gap between the kind of person the writer was and the kind of person he imagined himself to be

International Ruffled feathers or straws in the wind? Robin Jeffrey 21 February 2023 Defending Adani and attacking the BBC and George Soros: it’s been a busy few weeks for India’s Modi government Books & Arts Taking it or leaving it Richard Johnstone 15 February 2023 Can photographs unlock the past? Janet Malcolm isn’t so sure Essays & Reportage Harry, Meghan and the republic  Ann Curthoys, John Docker and Lyndall Ryan 7 February 2023 On Netflix and in print, the couple’s story has been informed by a historical perspective with implications for Australia National Affairs Where’s Melbourne’s best coffee, ChatGPT? Margaret Simons 27 January 2023 The robot can tell you what everyone else thinks — and that creates an opportunity for journalists