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The England men’s cricket team arrived with swagger and talent, further validating the author’s unbridled loathing. Their humiliation in the first Ashes...

In “Later, His Ghost”, a story in her 2017 collection, Madame Zero, Sarah Hall imagines a world transformed by constant high winds. A symptom of broader...

Belvoir’s minimalist King Lear features Colin Friels as a curiously energetic lead in a production propped up by captivating performances.

The real Emma Herwegh lived an extraordinary life in a world very different to our own. The daughter of a prosperous merchant, she embroiled herself in the...

Māori artist Lisa Reihana excavates multiple histories to bring forgotten stories out of the darkness of colonisation.

Behind the glowing tributes to Graham Richardson is a factional deal that the controversial former minister helped broker to make Anthony Albanese leader.

As the first – and still only – woman to serve as an AFL club president, Peggy O’Neal is keenly aware of her role as a groundbreaker, and of her...

Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here – which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year – remains a classic expression of modern alienation.

Nicolas Philibert’s latest award-winning documentary, On the Adamant, flirts with a perilous romanticising of mental illness.

Melbourne punk trio Camp Cope bring a hard-won sense of perspective to their new album.

As Tokyo’s street life rebounds from two years of pandemic border closures, the tiny restaurants and listening bars offer moments of shared solitude in one...

In 1984, Geoffrey Edelsten opened his first “super clinic” in Western Sydney. The facility replaced the subdued atmosphere of the traditional doctor’s...

Sri Lanka’s complex story has been told by people as various as rapper and singer M. I. A., playwright S. Shakthidharan and authors Niromi de Soyza, Anuk...

No. 578, by Liam Runnalls.

As the average life span extends ever closer to 100 years, and possibly more in the not too distant future, what are we to do with this extra time on Earth?

A new report suggests policy interventions are starting to ease the worst affordability crisis in a generation – but it’s a different story for those on...

A shadowy network of ‘dark fleets’ is allowing Russia’s oil export market to escape sanction and threatens to undo any of the good Australia has done in...

Perhaps the most shocking part is the bit coal-testing company ALS admits to freely: that for more than a decade, half of the assessments it was doing in one...

Ukrainian leaders and activists say the US and allies must share blame for Russia’s aggression, and negotiation with Vladimir Putin would put the world...

Parliament’s last sitting week for the year was an intense guessing game, as Environment Minister Murray Watt haggled with competing sides on how best to...

A damning report has revealed widespread governance failures at ANU, as fresh documents detail former vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell’s $3.3 million exit...

Spielberg’s Netflix series renders evolution as an extended feud between rival crime families.