When celebrated dissidents find the grass isn’t greener on the other side

Ai Weiwei joins a long line of dissenters such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Liu Xiaobo who became disenchanted by the West.
"It is vital for us not to look away": Louise Adler on the place of politics in the arts
Laura Tingle

"It is vital for us not to look away": Louise Adler on the place of politics in the arts

In the beginning was the word - and the word was UWRF
Duncan Graham

In the beginning was the word - and the word was UWRF

The biggest sporting event the West has never heard of
Bob Rogers

The biggest sporting event the West has never heard of

Susan Abulhawa and Mohammed El-Kurd must speak at Australia's Adelaide writers' festival
Randa Abdel-Fattah

Susan Abulhawa and Mohammed El-Kurd must speak at Australia's Adelaide writers' festival

The BBC’s abysmal coverage of Qatar’s World Cup
Guest writer Omar Ahmed

The BBC’s abysmal coverage of Qatar’s World Cup

Bad sport: harsh training regimes amount to human rights abuses
Jocelyn Chey

Bad sport: harsh training regimes amount to human rights abuses

Beijing Winter Olympics boycott is a hollow gesture
Binoy Kampmark

Beijing Winter Olympics boycott is a hollow gesture

The counter-revolution that AFL needs
Andrew Fraser

The counter-revolution that AFL needs

Paper, web-page, rock
Geoff Ebbs

Paper, web-page, rock