Sunday Extra 17 May 2026

Art Detective Arthur Brand shares his latest case; the recovery of a modernist painting by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, recovered from the home of a Dutch SS commander’s descendants. The release of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after eight months in jail has prompted debate over whether Thailand’s long-dominant “Thaksin era” has finally come to an end. Kristi Lawlor discusses her new book, Being Reasonable, and argues that reasonableness is a misunderstood but essential virtue that shapes our everyday lives. Aunty Barbara and Luke Patterson, share stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates and young people in youth justice centres. Author Colin Burgess recounts the harrowing survival and evacuation of two Australian Army Nursing Sisters from Singapore in 1942. as told in his book, Sisters Under Fire. Fashion scholar Llewellyn Negrin shares the philosophy behind the Met’s new Costume Art exhibition, which explores how fashion and art intersect with the human body. On The Year That Made Me, we hear from former federal MP Warren Entsch on his long career in parliament , as well as his highly varied pre-politcal career, which included stints as a crocodile catcher.