Contents
July/August 2001
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COMMENT

Morag Fraser Open spaces

LETTERS

Quentin Dempster, John Iremonger and Don Gazzard.

THE MONTH’S TRAFFIC

Michael McGirr No feather in their caps
John Rickard Federal case
Maggie Helass State of grace
Kevin Childs Chilling with silks

COLUMNS

Capital Letter
Jack Waterford Put your money in a sock

Archimedes
Tim Thwaites Catching ideas

Summa Theologiae
Andrew Hamilton What’s in a name

Watching Brief
Juliette Hughes Digesting My Brother Jack

FEATURES

Promising the world
Juliette Hughes interviews Labor Shadow Environment Minister, Nick Bolkus.

Tennant Creek and beyond
Solutions don’t come easily in Aboriginal communities, writes Suzanne Edgar.

Not all black and white
Moira Rayner finds remnants of slavery in a London church.

Justice in retreat
Frank Brennan reports on the registration process in Timor.

The name of the game
Amanda Smith and Tim Stoney dissect Australian sport.

Literature under arms
John Sendy goes in search of Rolf Boldrewood.

Saharan songs
Anthony Ham travels in Libya with the Tuareg.

Reasons for travelling
Morag Fraser finds a few.

BOOKS

Such is character
Michael McGirr reviews Rolf Boldrewood: A Life by Paul de Serville.

Travel bent
Peter Steele reviews Holiday Business and Mediterranean Journeys in Time & Place.

OPERA

Turbulent voices
Jim Davidson reviews Batavia.

EXHIBITION

Monet’s floating world
Andrew Bullen at Monet & Japan.

THEATRE

Regarding Australia
Geoffrey Milne on the highlights of the Federation Festival.

FLASH IN THE PAN

Reviews of the films Series 7; Moulin Rouge; Russian Doll; The House of Mirth; The Crimson Rivers and The Sacred Stones.

SPECIFIC LEVITY

Joan Nowotny Cryptic crossword