NAOMI BAKER introduces a remarkable and courageous account of surviving domestic abuse in the 17th century

JAN WOOLF is beguiled by the tempting notion that Freud psychoanalysed Hitler in a comedy that explores the vulnerability of a damaged individual

Memorable, deeply penetrating and exquisitely performed, writes MARY CONWAY

MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a musical ‘love letter’ to black power activists of the 1970s

An ambitious and enjoyable inquiry into what we mean by new is marred by a lack of materialist analysis and anti-communist bias, suggest MARTIN HALL

HEIDI NORMAN welcomes a new history of the Aboriginal resistance to white settlers in New South Wales

TONY BURKE reviews new releases from Cheikh Lo, Mishra & Deepa Shakthi, N’Faly Kouyate

by ALI ROWLAND

Gin Lane by William Hogarth is a critique of 18th-century London’s growing funeral trade, posits DAN O’BRIEN

MARJORIE MAYO and MARIA DUARTE review From Ground Zero, The Long Walk, Islands, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

ANDY HEDGECOCK sees his scepticism lessened by a story is more complex and far-reaching than is initially apparent

JOE GILL appreciates a lucid demonstration of how capital today is an outgrowth of the colonial economy