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The gift of giving is welcome year-round, but perhaps never more than as the holidays approach. Our array of top picks should help brighten the season.

Adams' historical importance is often overlooked because he didn't keep copies of his own letters. Stacy Schiff's superb new biography explores his crucial role in inciting the American Revolution.

As far as one of its recent sources of expertise is concerned, the ABC is clearly willing to overlook a fair bit.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has experienced years of upheaval and a heavy workload after the banking royal commission. An economist's analysis suggests the independent body is only investigating a fraction of complaints.

The search for truth is complicated: There are many versions of it, many disagreements about what it even means. The idea of fact is something we feel better prepared to defend on objective grounds.

Levit ranges from Wagner to Henze with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, while Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich celebrate their artist-in-residence

Art Systems Wickham Infinite Never Never, by Rebecca Rath. Until September 18. Blackstone Gallery In The Lap of the Gods, Frances Johnston, until September 24. Curve Gallery Jane Lander, Zoe Tjanavaras, Amy Vidler. Charlestown Library Portraits of Crime, by Damien Linnane, explores how we judge the action of past criminal…

One of the world's greatest living composers, John Adams, has a new opera, and the prompter keeps Anthony and Cleopatra from flying off the rails.

Family affair is peculiar beast with energetic tunes and endearing chemistry between real-life mother and daughter.