Researchers find Britain’s 11th-century ‘Conquest Man’ was Scandinavian – but did he land with the Norman army?
It’s ‘plausible’, though more likely the Humberside resident was one of many immigrants to Viking-controlled Danelaw One of the most consequential showdowns in the history of the British Isles, the…
It is now almost certain the world will warm past 1.5C. But ‘net-negative’ emissions are still possible | Wesley Morgan for the Conversation
Climate change is the greatest threat to the Pacific, with fuel shortages and missile tests also on the agenda as Anthony Albanese heads to Palau Anthony Albanese is in Palau…
Trump’s ‘economic D-day’ against Iran risks driving the stakes even higher | Sina Toossi
As with its approach to Hormuz, the US has mistaken applying pressure for an actual strategy. But Tehran has chips of its own to play Donald Trump has found a…
Barack Obama, JFK and … Josh Frydenberg: what can a memoir do for an ambitious politician?
The former treasurer’s new book will hit shelves soon, but he may learn that memoirs can be blunt instruments for political renewal. Just ask Peter Costello Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s…
A poem by Troy Wong: ‘My djungelskog is my role model for an alternative masculinity’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, Wong shares how his floppy Ikea stuffie is a role model for a softer,…
Malcolm Knox: ‘Trump’s name will turn to dust, just as every other dictator’s name has’
It may sound strange: satirical novels set in Stalin’s Soviet empire, by an Australian journalist, about Trump’s America. But Knox’s darkly hilarious books have arrived when global politics so often…
The American painting that sparked an Australian culture war – podcast
When Jackson Pollock painted Blue Poles, his masterpiece of American abstract expressionism, little did he know it would become one of Australia’s most fascinating political controversies. The piece ensnared everyone…
The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives Bryce Gustafson has been…
US strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, sparking reprisal attack on airbases in Jordan
US says it attacked sites in Larak Island to prevent launch of sea mines, prompting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to strike airbases in Jordan used by US forces Iran has launched…