David Marr

Over the years David Marr has written about politics, society and the arts for the National Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Guardian. At the ABC he reported for Four Corners in the 1980s, presented Arts Today on Radio National in the 1990s, presented Media Watch in the early 2000s and for years appeared regularly on Q&A and Insiders.

His books include Patrick White, A Life (1991) and Dark Victory written with Marian Wilkinson (2003) plus half a dozen Quarterly Essays on political leaders from John Howard via Bill Shorten to George Pell. Lately his essays, stories and speeches exploring Australia over the last 45 years have been collected in My Country.

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John Menadue in conversation with David Marr

John Menadue in conversation with David Marr

In a wide-ranging discussion, P&I editor-in-chief John Menadue discusses a life full of achievement driven by conviction, and nominates seeing off the White Australia policy and establishing P&I as highlights. He is speaking with David Marr on ABC Radio National's Late Night Live.