Does the Sally Rooney affair amount to censorship?
The bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney and her publisher Faber have removed her books from UK shelves, due to current legislation which d...
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Why were Uyghurs fighting in Syria's civil war?
When NPR correspondent Emily Feng found herself in Syria after the fall of Bashar Al Assad, the last people she expected to see were Uyghurs...
Dinosaurs under the hammer: the billionaire buyers
A dinosaur skeleton called Jodie has sold for $66 million Australian dollars, but instead of going on public display, she could soon be ador...
Singapore's legal battle with Indonesia over smoke haze
Singapore is threatening to prosecute companies responsible for some of the worst fires in years in neighbouring Indonesia, as the region gr...
Anna Henderson's Canberra: ISIS death penalty, progressive antisemitism and Matt Canavan's lower house run
An Australian doctor from Perth who worked in ISIS medical centres could face the death penalty in Iraq. Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal's...
Flavio Bolsanaro flees Brazil after losing election
One day after vowing to remain in Brazil after losing the election to Lula da Silva, Brazil's opposition leader, Flavio Bolsonaro, has sough...
Geoffrey Bardon and Papunya art
The prevailing view of the origins of the Aboriginal art movement, as we know it today, is that it was started by Geoffrey Bardon, a white s...
The lawyers who fled fascism, and started again in Australia
Around 300 European lawyers fled totalitarian regimes and arrived in Australia between the 1920s and 1950s, only to find their qualification...
Israel's deadlocked election
Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, as the votes continue to be tallied. Neither PM Benjamin Netanyahu nor his mai...
Was the Voice referendum doomed from the start?
Three years ago, 60 per cent of Australians voted to reject the Voice to Parliament proposal in a referendum. A new book seeks to understand...
Ian Dunt's UK: Britain’s budget, Brexit, and the battle over Reform
The UK prepares for its budget, with the cost of living, public services and a struggling economy high on the agenda. Meanwhile, Andy Burnha...
Decoding the language of bones
Bones are an archive of human experience, preserving traces of disease, violence, labour and time. In The Language of Bones, forensic anthro...
France on the brink: debt, revolt and Marine Le Pen’s moment
France’s political crisis is deepening, with a mounting debt burden, a paralysed parliament and growing public anger over the future of the...
Anna Henderson's Canberra: the debate over political violence
Anna Henderson discusses the ongoing debate over the connection between the tone of political rhetoric and real world acts of violence, sinc...
From Truman to Trump: how Queen Elizabeth II handled 13 US presidents
Over her 70 year reign, Queen Elizabeth II encountered 13 US presidents - from Harry S Truman to Donald J Trump. The journalist Susan Page d...
The countdown to Israel's monumental election
Journalist and former correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live from Israel, days away from the nation's elections. Polling suggests...
A teenager in the Indonesian coup
A rare bystander's view of the 1965 coup where neighbours, including soon to be President Suharto, were key players. Tari Lang's family were...
What's next for Iraq, after final US withdrawal?
Veteran Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad surveys Iraq's uncertain future, as the US makes its final withdrawal of personnel, and the Iraqi...
The mysterious Inca code of knotted strings
500 years ago, the Incas ruled the western half of South America with the help of a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted str...
Bruce Shapiro's USA: seats to watch in the midterms plus Trump's strange Russia ploy
With two weeks to go before the midterms, Bruce Shapiro runs through which states to watch for changing seats, and why many of them are form...