The story of Christianity’s decline may have been premature. New converts are arriving, enquiries are rising, and Bible sales are booming. But the revival is uneven, and deeply unsettling for moderate ...

In this ranging conversation, Morag Fraser reflects on education, journalism, faith, and culture—on what universities were meant to be, what the media has lost, and why imagination, attention, and ...

At Davos, Mark Carney argued that the international order is over, and that middle powers must face this reality together. He ...

With Iran struggling with mass civil unrest and protests, the son of the last shah re-emerges from exile, buoyed by Western ...

Do we lose something when words are shortened, verbs are reinvented, and swearing becomes casual? From vanishing prepositions to newly minted verbs, these everyday alterations chart cultural drift, ...

Tensions over NATO, Ukraine and Greenland has exposed widening cracks in the transatlantic alliance. As American support for ...

After the Bondi massacre, Parliament briefly found moral clarity, then lost it in haste and distrust. Rushed antisemitism ...

In cricket-mad Australia, when did watching the Test become a civic duty? From the MCG to writers’ festivals, shared ...

Writers’ festivals present themselves as arenas of ideas, yet the range of disagreement on offer can be surprisingly narrow.

Donald Trump’s tariffs will define his second presidency. Sold domestically as economic renewal, they have become a blunt tool of geopolitical pressure, raising prices, unsettling allies, and testing ...

From welfare to migration to crime, governments often keep policies that have proven to be ineffective. What finally enables policy change is not an accumulation of proof, but the moment when the ...

Australia Day is meant to unite the nation, yet increasingly exposes its fractures and injustices. After the Bondi murders, we must consider what binds Australians together, and what must change if ...