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February issue out now! Jim Chalmers talks to economist Joseph Stiglitz, protecting the Burrup’s rock art, preparations for the next pandemic, Beejay Silcox on reading Halldór Laxness, reviews of ‘Marty Supreme’, ‘The Pitt’, Hany Armanious, and much more.
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Ever since, Cantona has been a reliable jukebox of gnomic puzzles. His 2019 speech after receiving the UEFA President’s Award is a treasure, hilarious not merely for its strangeness, but the powerful confusion on the faces of the world’s most famous footballers. mnth.ly/DRPKx2A
‘When the seagulls follow the trawler...’
The author is sceptical of footballer Eric Cantona’s claims to have baited the media with a meaningless comment following his infamous kung-fu kick of a punter
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February 14, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Ever since, Cantona has been a reliable jukebox of gnomic puzzles. His 2019 speech after receiving the UEFA President’s Award is a treasure, hilarious not merely for its strangeness, but the powerful confusion on the faces of the world’s most famous footballers. mnth.ly/DRPKx2A
Ever since, Cantona has been a reliable jukebox of gnomic puzzles. His 2019 speech after receiving the UEFA President’s Award is a treasure, hilarious not merely for its strangeness, but the powerful confusion on the faces of the world’s most famous footballers. mnth.ly/Zkgyb1D
‘When the seagulls follow the trawler...’
The author is sceptical of footballer Eric Cantona’s claims to have baited the media with a meaningless comment following his infamous kung-fu kick of a punter
mnth.ly
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Ever since, Cantona has been a reliable jukebox of gnomic puzzles. His 2019 speech after receiving the UEFA President’s Award is a treasure, hilarious not merely for its strangeness, but the powerful confusion on the faces of the world’s most famous footballers. mnth.ly/Zkgyb1D
Whether it looks like a rough length of wood, a glass cup, a discarded clump of terracotta, an old pin-board, or a lump of pebble-crete, it’s not. In each instance, the original object simply provides a pattern from which a mould is made. mnth.ly/LtVMEIU
Cast master: ‘Hany Armanious: Stone Soup’
The Australian artist’s polyurethane sculptures of everyday objects go beyond Duchamp’s provocative readymades to address the mystery of observation itself
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February 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Whether it looks like a rough length of wood, a glass cup, a discarded clump of terracotta, an old pin-board, or a lump of pebble-crete, it’s not. In each instance, the original object simply provides a pattern from which a mould is made. mnth.ly/LtVMEIU
“It’s a kind of unlearning. It’s not wanting to understand. It’s about being completely flummoxed and awestruck, yet totally affected – deeply affected – and not knowing why or how.” mnth.ly/sutswUO
Cast master: ‘Hany Armanious: Stone Soup’
The Australian artist’s polyurethane sculptures of everyday objects go beyond Duchamp’s provocative readymades to address the mystery of observation itself
mnth.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
“It’s a kind of unlearning. It’s not wanting to understand. It’s about being completely flummoxed and awestruck, yet totally affected – deeply affected – and not knowing why or how.” mnth.ly/sutswUO
Read Jonathan Green’s profile of Farrer: mnth.ly/slisej1
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Read Jonathan Green’s profile of Farrer: mnth.ly/slisej1
With the global economy in turmoil, Jim Chalmers speaks with Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about tariffs, intergenerational challenges and regulatory balance when planning for the future. mnth.ly/z2oa7xF
The treasurer and the economist
With the global economy in turmoil, Jim Chalmers speaks with Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about tariffs, intergenerational challenges and regulatory balance when planning for the future
mnth.ly
February 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
With the global economy in turmoil, Jim Chalmers speaks with Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about tariffs, intergenerational challenges and regulatory balance when planning for the future. mnth.ly/z2oa7xF
With the global economy in turmoil, Jim Chalmers speaks with Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about tariffs, intergenerational challenges and regulatory balance when planning for the future. mnth.ly/dPRuNM8
The treasurer and the economist
With the global economy in turmoil, Jim Chalmers speaks with Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about tariffs, intergenerational challenges and regulatory balance when planning for the future
mnth.ly
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
With the global economy in turmoil, Jim Chalmers speaks with Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about tariffs, intergenerational challenges and regulatory balance when planning for the future. mnth.ly/dPRuNM8
Every briefing meeting we attended before our departure featured a new warning about how fast our visas would be revoked if we were caught buying drinks for our underage American friends. mnth.ly/1PG3V2Z
The driver’s seat
While TAC’s ‘bloody idiot’ campaign focused on driving responsibly, does the social media ban assume young people’s irresponsibility?
mnth.ly
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Every briefing meeting we attended before our departure featured a new warning about how fast our visas would be revoked if we were caught buying drinks for our underage American friends. mnth.ly/1PG3V2Z
Every briefing meeting we attended before our departure featured a new warning about how fast our visas would be revoked if we were caught buying drinks for our underage American friends. mnth.ly/DwSRUpb
The driver’s seat
While TAC’s ‘bloody idiot’ campaign focused on driving responsibly, does the social media ban assume young people’s irresponsibility?
mnth.ly
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Every briefing meeting we attended before our departure featured a new warning about how fast our visas would be revoked if we were caught buying drinks for our underage American friends. mnth.ly/DwSRUpb
Australia is on high alert for bird flu. In November, media reports confirmed that dead elephant seals on subantarctic Heard Island, 4000km south-west of Perth, had been infected with H5N1 2.3.4.4b, the deadly strain that has ravaged every other continent. mnth.ly/ZIW8pS7
Pan’s labyrinth
With the United States having vacated the field, the world’s leading infectious disease experts gathered in Melbourne to discuss collaborative efforts to identify and combat the next pandemic
mnth.ly
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Australia is on high alert for bird flu. In November, media reports confirmed that dead elephant seals on subantarctic Heard Island, 4000km south-west of Perth, had been infected with H5N1 2.3.4.4b, the deadly strain that has ravaged every other continent. mnth.ly/ZIW8pS7
“It was completely misrepresented as a justification of bigotry. The fact that the government is now saying that the law needs tougher protections against hate speech is an acknowledgment that what I then said about the law was accurate.” mnth.ly/SR83y9W
The bigot chill
The long history behind the bill to criminalise incitement of race-based hatred (and why George Brandis says it proves he was right)
mnth.ly
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
“It was completely misrepresented as a justification of bigotry. The fact that the government is now saying that the law needs tougher protections against hate speech is an acknowledgment that what I then said about the law was accurate.” mnth.ly/SR83y9W
Australia is on high alert for bird flu. In November, media reports confirmed that dead elephant seals on subantarctic Heard Island, 4000km south-west of Perth, had been infected with H5N1 2.3.4.4b, the deadly strain that has ravaged every other continent. mnth.ly/eAW83WD
Pan’s labyrinth
With the United States having vacated the field, the world’s leading infectious disease experts gathered in Melbourne to discuss collaborative efforts to identify and combat the next pandemic
mnth.ly
February 10, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Australia is on high alert for bird flu. In November, media reports confirmed that dead elephant seals on subantarctic Heard Island, 4000km south-west of Perth, had been infected with H5N1 2.3.4.4b, the deadly strain that has ravaged every other continent. mnth.ly/eAW83WD
“It was completely misrepresented as a justification of bigotry. The fact that the government is now saying that the law needs tougher protections against hate speech is an acknowledgment that what I then said about the law was accurate.” mnth.ly/mqUyoWQ
The bigot chill
The long history behind the bill to criminalise incitement of race-based hatred (and why George Brandis says it proves he was right)
mnth.ly
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
“It was completely misrepresented as a justification of bigotry. The fact that the government is now saying that the law needs tougher protections against hate speech is an acknowledgment that what I then said about the law was accurate.” mnth.ly/mqUyoWQ