Helen Garner
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
The central myth of Conservative centrism
The Conservatives are not suffering because they are too right-wing
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Free speech is a waste of breath
Free speech is not our cause, and it gets us nowhere anyway
