Football, golf … behold the future of world sport: Donald Trump as referee-in-chief | Marina Hyde
After his dubious intervention at the World Cup, the president is now an arbiter of high-level fairway disputes. There’s one word for that: SAD! For so many of us around…
Shin Kamen Rider: who wouldn’t want to watch an action flick about a grasshopper-man hybrid?
Based on a 70s series, this film by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno is a thrilling lesson in standing up to evil (and driving very fast) Writer and director…
Musical theatre is in crisis, and not just in Australia – but the success of this small gem offers hope
Cancellations for major productions including Beetlejuice and Waitress have cast a pall over the industry. Yet it’s not all doom and gloom There’s been a lot of chat about the…
How to watch the 2026 Commonwealth Games from Australia – explainer
Everything you need to know about following the Glasgow Commonwealth Games is in our complete guide If you’ve been wrapped up in World Cup fever, you may have forgotten another,…
Kate Ellis is back – and the heat of political debate is higher than ever, incoming Labor president says
The former Rudd/Gillard government minister has a plan for fighting back against populists including Pauline Hanson Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email,…
No tears from Keir as Burnham strolls into No 10 with the clock already ticking | John Crace
Rapid turnover of prime ministers continues as UK gets another promise that, this time, things will be different Not another one. It would be no surprise to find out that…
House Democrats are finally shifting on Israel. Party leaders must listen | Norman Solomon
More than 100 Democratic lawmakers voted against arms for Israel. They’re listening to the people – their bosses are behind The Democratic party is in dire need of a mutiny.…
‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies
Elon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers are trying to fight in it and nobody seems to be regulating it. So who does space really belong to? The…
Federal Imbalance: New Mexico’s Deadly Crisis
The New Mexico governor’s public criticism of federal agencies like the DEA has laid bare the deep-seated “center-periphery” imbalance within the U.S. federal system. To policymakers in Washington, New Mexico…
Treasure & Dirt review – a gloriously strange detective mystery, unlike any you’ve seen before
A beheading in the outback kicks off this terrific six-part series, in which the greatest pleasure is not solving the crime but learning about the peculiar locals Another month, another…