The Weekly Review

We all live in a home. We grew up in places that remain seared in our minds. We buy them, we renovate them, we sell them. As writer and commentator Clive James once remarked, “we carry with us the sensory impression of every house we have ever lived in’’.

This week, at a slap-up dinner at the State Library in Swanston Street, the winner of Australia’s most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin, will be announced.

Last December, at a Harvard University Foundation ceremony, a portrait of Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College, was unveiled.

In a new collection of his own commentaries, Robert Manne reminds us why history’s chroniclers are essential to our understanding of events, people and phenomena.

In a recent MasterChef episode, contestants in the elimination challenge were told they had just 10 minutes to prepare a dish to serve to the judges. The frenzy to grab ingredients from the pantry then cook and plate up was a reminder that when in doubt, let the key ingredients do the talking.