I’ve spent my whole life looking miserable. It’s time for a change | Adrian Chiles
When you smile, the world smiles back. Not at me it doesn’t – because even when I’m smiling, I exude gloom I want to change my face. I’m not talking…
Blanche d’Alpuget wasn’t just Bob Hawke’s wife. She was a fierce intellect who only saw the good in people | Craig Emerson
Blanche was an enthusiast for Bob’s reconciliation with Paul Keating – and delighted in the restoration of their friendship Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our…
Seven of my colleagues were killed in Gaza. There and in Ukraine, aid workers are no longer safe | José Andrés
It now seems the 2024 attack on World Central Kitchen workers was a deliberate IDF tactic. The protections of the Geneva conventions have become paper thin José Andrés is the…
Farage is clearly struggling – I saw that for myself. But his legacy will be a poison that runs deep | Andy Beckett
The mood at the Reform conference was volatile and brittle. But the forces massing further to the right of the party are testament to its impact For much of the…
Australia is on a collision course with US big tech. Could it cause Trump to turn on his ‘mate’? | Mark Kenny
Anthony Albanese wants social media algorithms to be optional – and it’s not the first Musk-Zuckerberg irritant emanating from Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get…
The death of the dining room: how mealtimes moved to the kitchen – or the sofa
The idea of a room that you use only occasionally for sit-down meals has gone out of fashion. Now people have found better ways to use the space Name: Dining…
Inglourious baristas: why is Brad Pitt making coffee for 16 abusive dogs?
In new film The Heart of the Beast, the A-lister’s bond with his loyal mutt proves crucial. In Spike Jonze’s new advert, Pitt is rather more subservient Brad Pitt has…
Hurrah, lie-ins may be good for us – if only I can convince my five-year-old daughter | Arwa Mahdawi
CEOs may like to get up at the crack of dawn and go for a run, but I prefer optimising my life with lie-ins, trashy films, swearing and coffee This…
‘I’m sick of her talking about it’: 11 readers share how GLP-1s have affected their relationships
As weight loss drugs have risen all around the world, it has reshaped users’ relationships for better and for worse As GLP-1 use continues to rise in the US and…
Peter’s farm is on ‘flood country’. As Australia’s sea levels rise, safe land is vanishing and costs are huge
Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollars Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…