Long waits make for sicker patients. Sicker patients need more time in hospital. Our health system needs urgent care | Ranjana Srivastava
When experienced staff leave, the inexperienced people who replace them need years to gain confidence Visiting the magnificent Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, my elderly dad resolutely navigated the steep…
The Clean – 10 of the best
The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now Formed in Dunedin, New…
How can you tell if your boss has a big ego? Their email habits are a definite tell | Emma Beddington
Only those in unassailable positions of power would ditch capital letters – or reply to colleagues with a thumbs up emoji i recently learned that, in february, jack dorsey –…
Is Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike’s new gender swap comedy inspired by The Two Ronnies?
Long-running 80s sketch The Worm That Turned imagined a dystopian world run by women, inspired by the election of Margaret Thatcher. It has not aged well – yet it bears…
My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned
Cutting UPFs from our grocery list was expensive, laborious and time-consuming Tell us: do you use AI for fitness? Grocery shopping looks different these days. On Saturday mornings, instead of…
Madonna offers reward after vintage Coachella costume goes missing
The Like A Virgin singer has appealed for the return of the pieces she wore on Friday, including a jacket, corset and dress Madonna has said the vintage costume she…
Consumer watchdog zeroes in on Woolworths’ allegedly fake discounts as it meets supermarket giant in court
Vinegar, Tim Tams and baby rice are among the products to be scrutinised in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
Starmer accuses Robbins of obstructing truth about Mandelson vetting
PM admits he made mistake in choice of ambassador as he makes high-stakes statement to parliament over scandal Keir Starmer has accused Olly Robbins of deliberately and repeatedly obstructing the…
US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN
Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets The $2bn (£1.5bn) a week that Donald Trump was spending on…
Pakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peace
Islamabad has seized chance to act as mediator in Iran war and hopes to reap diplomatic and economic benefits As Pakistan works frantically to narrow differences between Iran and the…