Reviews /lumen/ en Based on a true story /lumen/news/list/2024/03/25/based-on-a-true-story <p>From Braveheart (1995) to Pearl Harbor (2001) to Netflix’s The Crown and SBS’s Versailles, films and television series have long been regarded as unreliable documents to history.</p> April 03 2024 Lachlan Wallace /lumen/news/list/2024/03/25/based-on-a-true-story Helping some people, some of the time /lumen/news/list/2024/03/25/helping-some-people-some-of-the-time <p>Idealism lies at the heart of Nicholas Jose’s latest novel.</p> March 25 2024 Lachlan Wallace /lumen/news/list/2024/03/25/helping-some-people-some-of-the-time Should I drink it now? /lumen/news/list/2024/03/25/should-i-drink-it-now <p>Why not all wines age well.</p> March 25 2024 Lachlan Wallace /lumen/news/list/2024/03/25/should-i-drink-it-now Look at moi! It's Cardy, but not as we knew it /lumen/news/list/2023/09/26/look-at-moi-its-cardy-but-not-as-we-knew-it <p>The <em>Lumen</em> wine review: were Kath and Kim right all along? Is Cardy cool again?</p> September 28 2023 Lachlan Wallace /lumen/news/list/2023/09/26/look-at-moi-its-cardy-but-not-as-we-knew-it Law: The Way of the Ancestors /lumen/news/list/2023/09/22/law-the-way-of-the-ancestors <p>A review of Marcia Langton and Aaron Corn’s book on Indigenous Law, launched at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide in May.</p> September 28 2023 Lachlan Wallace /lumen/news/list/2023/09/22/law-the-way-of-the-ancestors Book review: Childhood /lumen/news/list/2023/05/18/book-review-childhood <p>A Review of Shannon Burns’ Childhood, by Jennifer Rutherford and Brian Castro.</p> May 19 2023 Isaac Freeman /lumen/news/list/2023/05/18/book-review-childhood