I really enjoyed it … put in mind of an account I read of a debate between what we might call cosmopolitan and critical provincial approaches to Helen Garner at a recent conference.

In an interview with David Goodman and Clare Corbould elsewhere in this special issue Ian claims that he was a poor academic mentor ... I respectfully disagree!

And delighted now to share this new research article by Charlotte Legg and me that explores settler colonial identities, shared affinities, racial politics and transimperial forms of whiteness in New Caledonia and Australia in the early 20th century. Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....