At least 27 killed in fire at Bangkok pub with another 22 critically injured
The fire is one of the deadliest such incidents in the popular tourist destination in recent years A fire at a popular pub in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, has killed 27…
Wimbledon agony for teenager Cruz Hewitt as he bids farewell to junior tennis
Australian loses boys’ final to Jordan Lee of US 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Two-hour match will likely be 17-year-old’s last as a junior Cruz Hewitt has vowed to blossom again at…
What Rumi’s magnum opus can teach us about greed and contentment in the digital age of envy | Ali Hammoud
Lessons on wealth lurk in the crevices of Rumi’s poetry – and a change in perspective can reveal its pearls of wisdom Making sense of it is a column about…
‘Stop telling people it’s weird’: Andrew Upton on his strange new novel, and having Cate Blanchett read it first
An allegory in the spirit of Animal Farm, the Australian playwright’s debut novel about a disfigured chicken is a fantastical fable that’s both funny and ‘a bit bleak’ Andrew Upton…
The kindness of strangers: I was hopelessly ill in China – then hotel staff offered to take my elderly father sightseeing
Before they left, the receptionist delicately straightened my father’s collar. I knew then they would be just fine Read more in the kindness of strangers series The food poisoning hit…
‘People treat each other as disposable’: dating columnist turned novelist Annie Lord on love and sex in the age of apps
Her breakup memoir and Vogue column made her the voice of modern dating. As her debut is published, she talks about single life, oversharing and why she still believes she’ll…
Lizzo answers her critics: ‘I’m a fat, black, happy girl – they were always going to try to tear me down’
Three years ago, the pop star was riding high after a sellout tour. But then a slew of shocking accusations from her former dancers changed everything. Where does she go…
A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans
Every few decades mass blooming in Mizoram’s forests causes a rodent boom – and devastation to crops. The cycle is well-known, so why aren’t farmers and authorities better prepared? In…
Adam Liaw: ‘The most famous person I’ve cooked for? Gordon Ramsay. My wife spilled a jug of water over him’
The TV presenter and cookbook author on eating from a 600-year-old plate, the time he ruined a $300 steak and why garlic crushers are pointless What’s the oldest thing you…
The moment I knew: I was devising a plan to set up Martha with my friend – and realised I’d fallen for her myself
After meeting in then-Zaire in the 1980s, Steve Sherwood and Martha Meares became good friends. But when she planned to leave for England, he decided he wanted something more Find…