Virginia Gay: ‘Shakespeare’s most overrated play? Hamlet. Too long’
The actor and director on Disney villains, the sexy power of the melt emoji, and shattering a glass globe over the audience during Calamity Jane You’re directing Yve Blake’s new…
Australia’s winter illness season is back – what viruses are prevalent this year and when should you get vaccinated?
Comparatively low numbers of respiratory viruses so far this year follows the worst influenza season in Australia on record in 2025, which saw more than 500,000 confirmed infections Follow our…
The moment I knew: He was five hours late to Christmas lunch – then I realised why
Samantha Ross was suspicious about Adam’s sweet disposition. Then a surprising act of kindness brought her guard down • Find more stories from the moment I knew series It was…
The Media’s Biggest Story This Week Was… A Dick Pic | Scam of the Week
While are allies were accused of kidnap, rape and torture, while Michael West Media was being dragged through court by BHP, and the case suppressed, what was not suppressed was…
Fuel stocks look secure into August as price hike eases
Australia has enough fuel reserves to last almost three months, as petrol prices at the bowser drop to near pre-Middle East war levels. The stock includes 43 days’ worth of…
Second screwworm case as fears of US outbreak grow
A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been confirmed in Texas, emerging just kilometres from where the first US detection in decades was reported. The new case in…
Coercive control, financial abuse. How domestic violence begins
Dismantling the myth of what domestic violence looks like, replacing it with reality of slow erasure of a person’s autonomy, long before a fist is ever raised. Andrew Brown with…
In Iran the World Cup used to trigger joy on our streets. It feels very different now
A growing divide between fans and team, coupled with economic hardship and war, has dampened the mood Abbas Kiarostami, the late Iranian director, made a film called Life, and Nothing…
World Cup 2026: guide to all 1,248 players
Everything you need to know (and more) about every squad member. Click on the player pictures for more information Continue reading…
The right’s culture war over prostate cancer screening is damaging trust in medicine | Polly Toynbee
The decision not to test all men and only screen the most at risk, including black men, is fact-based. Yet it’s been called ‘two-tier’ – and labelled as misandry If…