January
The numbers that show Alex de Minaur is running out of time
An analysis of the past 50 years of tennis majors shows that winning after turning 26 is a rarity, but one player should give de Minaur hope.
December 2024
Bassel was right about the Assads. It couldn’t save him
The 27-year-old had a Fulbright Scholarship and the future was bright. This is the story of one man’s pursuit of freedom for Syria.
November 2024
‘Don’t drink spirits’: The sobering reality of methanol poisoning
In Asia, methanol poisoning is surprisingly common. This is why it is so dangerous, how to steer clear, and what to do if you get unlucky.
March 2024
Clayton Utz dropped bitcoin ‘creator’ over document integrity
Big six law firm Clayton Utz dropped a company associated with Craig Wright because it was concerned about “the integrity of documents” the claimed creator of bitcoin gave it and the Australian Taxation Office.
ATO papers allege claimed Bitcoin ‘creator’ doctored documents
Self-claimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright allegedly made than $3 million in false R&D tax claims for his technology companies before leaving Australia in 2015.
February 2024
Being Satoshi: Inside Craig Wright’s decade-long fight to be the inventor of bitcoin
Australian computer scientist Craig Wright has long claimed to be the creator of bitcoin and owner of a $77 billion crypto cache. Now a court must decide whether it’s true or a hoax for the ages.
September 2023
Whiteley’s Yellow a one-man show with $3.5m hopes
A Brett Whiteley painting bought in Sydney in 1975 and being offered for the first time since is the latest work to headline its own dedicated sale.
From one AFL legend to another: Barassi an ‘innovator’, ‘terrific fella’
Carlton coaching legend David Parkin says Ron Barassi, another of the club’s coaching legends, was a “real pioneer and innovator” in the way Australia rules football is now played – but most of all as simply a “terrific fella”.
February 2023
Inside the downfall of ex-Young Rich Lister Robert Bates
He dreamed of a billion-dollar wellness empire but all that’s left are furious investors, unpaid employees and a lot of unanswered questions.
August 2022
Nolan’s product of love, lust and loss finally comes to market
Few of the works created during Australian art’s most famous menage a trois have ever been sold on the open market, but 75 years on 47 works are up for sale.
This billionaire impresario pays himself every five years
Sir Cameron Mackintosh, the man behind ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘Mary Poppins’, may say he doesn’t care about money but he’s very good at making it.
July 2022
Talk of Saudi tour clouds Smith’s historic Open win
Cameron Smith refused to rule out joining Greg Norman’s rebel LIV Golf tour after winning the Open Championship with one of the most extraordinary rounds in major history.
June 2022
Warhol, Koons among 20,000 items at Melbourne antique fair
An Andy Warhol screen print and a leaf from a first edition Gutenberg Bible will attract plenty of attention at an antiques an art fair in Melbourne this weekend.
February 2022
Glenn Wheatley’s last big deal
In his final media interview, Glenn Wheatley was confident he had another hit on his hands.
October 2021
10 long reads for this weekend
The week the global inflation story started to get real; the 27-year-old who’s made $170 million out of Oodies; and everything you need to know before you fly overseas.
The John Farnham-based musical that could go all the way to Broadway
Flushed with the success of producing ‘Hamilton’ at home and backed by a Silicon Valley private equity giant, Michael Cassel is mounting an assault on the home of musical theatre.
Sydney’s theatre conundrum: $80m to spend but nowhere to put it
Theatre producer Michael Cassel has $80 million to build a new theatre in Sydney’s CBD, but can’t find anywhere to spend it.
April 2021
The greatest light show above Earth
A 10-hour flight with two boarding passes for one person and a destination about 40 kilometres above the plane. Is this the strangest travel experience?
March 2021
On the red carpet at Hamilton’s Sydney premiere
The great and the good turn out to see the musical that has taken the world by storm but which has been shuttered by the pandemic for the past 13 months.
At Hamilton, the world’s most sought-after seats for $10
With stages shut around the world, the Sydney production has become the hottest seat in musical theatre. And every night 40 go for just $10 each.