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Behind the showmanship of EW Cole was an Australian entrepreneur, author and philosopher. Similarly behind the circus frontman, PT Barnum was a politician and motivational speaker.

Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era? Professor Wade Davis argues that the virus reveals what America has become, and that a profoundly polarized nation may not be able to find a way forward.

Gary Linnell on his biography of the intriguing bushranger, Captain Moonlite and Richard Flanagan on his latest novel and the fires that have engulfed us over the last two summers.

Paul Salopek on his slow walk retracing the earliest human migration and Jonathan Silvertown on the evolutionary purpose of laughter

Witold Swablowski on the chefs who cooked for dictators and James Canton on the deep connection humans have to oak trees.