Does Anthony Albanese rule Labor with an iron grip? – podcast
Taking place once every three years, the Labor party conference can be a chance to have open debates on vexed policy issues – but this one was different. Reged Ahmad…
I work in a hospital – and didn’t know I was having a heart attack. Here’s what more women should know
Women and men exhibit different heart attack symptoms. Knowing these lesser-known factors can help save your life A few months ago at work, when I rose from my seat and…
The real love story behind Colin from Accounts: ‘I wouldn’t want to write with anyone else’
As the show takes its final bow, Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer reflect on ‘having a ball’ playing exes while being married with kids, ignoring notes from US TV executives…
What do the heatwaves in Europe and North America tell us about our future? | Fiona Katauskas
The signs are there See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
Idi Amin’s boxing grandson vows to be ‘new king of Scotland’ at Commonwealth Games
Aziz Abdul faces England’s Damar Thomas in Glasgow ‘I will be the baddest man in the Commonwealth’ Damar Thomas, the English super-heavyweight, must overcome the grandson of Idi Amin, the…
Commonwealth Games 2026: day three in pictures
The best images for Glasgow, featuring swimming, gymnastics and weightlifting Continue reading…
Australia dispatch England with ease in Commonwealth Games netball clash
Australia 66-47 England Sophie Garbin pours in 41 goals from 42 attempts Eight years after England’s dramatic last-gasp triumph over Australia on the Gold Coast, netball’s greatest Commonwealth rivalry was…
I was a terrible teen. Now my son is turning into one, karma is coming for me | Polly Hudson
My mum loves to remind me how sullen, furious and monosyllabic I was. Now she can’t wait to see how I’ll handle parenting an adolescent The “Baader-Meinhof phenomenon” is a…
From the strait of Hormuz to the North Sea, a global maritime war rages around us – and more than the price of oil is at stake | Simon Tisdall
The collapse of the rules-based order is not confined to the land: we’re imperilled as centuries of maritime cooperation sink beneath the waves The US military campaign to protect merchant…
An act of kindness, or mitzvah, teaches us to be part of something bigger than ourselves | Nomi Kaltmann
More than anything, I want my kids to grow into people who notice others and who care about the world around them Making sense of it is a column about…