‘I felt like I’d stumbled on a cheat code’: what is the burned haystack dating method?
Being on dating apps can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack – so Dr Jennie Young devised a technique to burn it down and find better matches…
Mantle by Romy Ash review – an exquisitely wild and exhilarating vision of the near future
Thirteen years after her celebrated debut, the author returns with a bizarre, evocative work that merges science and the surreal Romy Ash’s debut novel, Floundering, has sat on my bookshelf…
We are in a ‘fossil-fuel crisis’. Is Labor meeting the moment? – Full Story newsroom edition
It’s been almost two months since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, unleashing violence across the region and chaos in the global economy. But one of the…
The Crunch: Children’s TV, Cuba’s dwindling fuel supply, and dating in Singapore
Data crunched on 200 TV shows. Plus: the disturbing world of TikTok child skincare influencers Want to get this in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch here.…
The day of the baby boomers is finally done in Australian politics | Michelle Grattan
Labor is well aware of the resentment from younger people who see themselves as paying for their elders while struggling to afford housing Follow our Australia news live blog for…
James Valentine showed us what public broadcasting could be at its very best. It’s a legacy I hope to live up to | Jess McGuire
The public grief is enormous but it keeps giving way to joy, to moments of hilarity that have stayed with listeners for years ‘On his own terms’: James Valentine chose…
Iran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say
Iranian intelligence apparently using intermediaries to sow fear with attacks frequently on Jewish targets Iranian intelligence services and Revolutionary Guards operatives are recruiting teenagers through criminal intermediaries to launch a…
Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist draws international condemnation
Lebanese PM calls attack that killed Amal Khalil a ‘war crime’, with rescuers attempting to free her also targeted Middle East crisis – live updates Israel’s killing of a prominent…
Trump’s war has backfired spectacularly: Iran is now more influential than ever | Fawaz Gerges
Tehran has shown that its grip over the strait of Hormuz is its most potent deterrent – arguably more consequential than its now defunct nuclear programme Fawaz Gerges is professor…
Trump may talk of regime infighting, but Iran seems united by strategy born of war
Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figures Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and…