Editorial: A Turbulent Year (PDF)

The Editor’s Desk
Readers’ letters from around the world.

Opinion: Vice-Regal ‘Insurance’ by Richard Herr
The powers and duties of the State Governor.

Restaurant: The Art of Good Eating
Dining in an art-house steam packet.

Wine: Tasmanian Winemaking by Mark Smith
Now in its third century.

Good Tucker: The World’s Best Bickies by Nick Haddow

Portfolio: Aihara Masaaki

Science: Two Great ‘Bluestones’ by Keith Corbett
Your own piece of Gondwana.

Botanica: Blue Gum by Nick Fitzgerald
|More than a floral emblem.

West Coasters: Tim Hay and Serena Gleeson – Cray Fisher and Partner by Keryn Garner

SciTech: The Perfect Coffee Bean Grinder by Esther Fox

Views and Reviews by Warren Brewer

Parting Shot: Tasmania’s Oldest Graffiti

One Life Saved by Warren Boyles
A stranded sperm whale returned to the ocean.

What To Do about Whales
A film by Michael McIntyre and Kate Clere.

Island Mandala by Atlant Bieri
From Tibet to Tasmania.

Vale: Jim Bacon by Ken Jeffries

A Vertical Paradise by Nick Hancock|
The up side of visiting Tasmania.

A True Tale of Murder and Mayhem by Peter Mercer
Two former convicts terrorise the North-West.

Artventure by Sue Clennett
Master watercolourist Max Angus and his protégés.

John Gould ‘The Bird Man’ by Sue Taylor
The bicentennial of the founding father of Australian ornithology.

The Female Factory Muster by Warren Boyles
A meeting of the descendants of women convicts.

Winning Post by Tim Nevard
First prize Aphrodite from the the stable of Jerry Hall.

Our Island Home by Garry Forward
The evolution of our architecture over two centuries.

Hutchins Art Prize by John Ancher
Art, education and a boys school.