Roar materials: the ‘uncanny’ art of dinosaur puppetry – in pictures
As they prepare for an immersive new dinosaur show in Sydney, the team of artists and designers at Erth take us behind the scenes at their puppetry workshop in Marrickville.…
I accidentally emailed a stranger 10 years ago. He has been invited to family celebrations ever since | Emma Wilkins
The delight of ‘meeting’ a person from a different country and time zone is one of the wonders of the internet. Perhaps one day we will host a party in…
Friends, with recipes: how a love of food brought my husband and me together, and helped us part
Though we are no longer together, we talk food every time we speak and always ask what the other is having for dinner Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email…
Blind date: ‘The restaurant shuffled our table around three times so we could keep chatting until they closed’
Rachel, 32, a consultant, meets Josh, 34, an accountant What were you hoping for? A lovely meal on a misty Saturday, hopefully with someone I’d like to see again. Continue…
Politics of Black hair: why grooming rules are under scrutiny across the diaspora
From schools in Ghana to workplaces in Britain, underpinned by the colonial roots of ‘respectability’, conversations around natural hairstyle persist Last month a Jamaican woman said her teenage son had…
A Fox host says ‘many people’ think women shouldn’t be president. Thank goodness we’ve got a man in charge | Arwa Mahdawi
Jesse Watters gave a litany of reasons why women shouldn’t lead before denying he agreed. But peddling these ideas normalizes them Oh dear, it looks like Jesse Watters’ mother needs…
‘We’re the experts in our own lives’: Victoria’s First Nations treaty body is holding its first elections
Gellung Warl candidates, Lidia Thorpe’s son among them, are hoping to bring their lived experience to ‘a new era’ of politics in the state Get our breaking news email, free…
Man arrested attempting to board international flight at Melbourne airport after allegedly murdering woman
Murder charge laid after missing woman’s body discovered in Victorian town of Little River, near Melbourne Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A man is…
More than 20 people injured after driver crashes into crowd at Louisiana parade
Alleged drunk driver in custody after 11 people transported by ground and two by air during Lao New Year parade More than 20 people were injured on Saturday after an…
‘Will I be punished for daring to return?’ Australian flotilla activists to head back to Gaza as wider war rages
Organisers say aid mission is ‘a military operation without guns’ – but their plan is at the mercy of regional geopolitics Get our breaking news email, free app or daily…