Australia’s James Bond: Inside US’s Russia probe
A British Australian PR consultant dubbed by some as a “James Bond spy character” has finally opened up about being in the eye of Trump’s storm.
Books
Summer reading: Game of Thrones prequel
Summer is the time for curling up with a good book — or digital device. And Game of Thrones fans will love this extract from the much-anticipated prequel Fire and Blood.
Best books to give for Christmas presents
From a murderous nanny’s act of double infanticide to an uplifting memoir of escaping a gaslighting family, these are the books we couldn’t put down this year.
Sledge Hughesy’s sick of hearing
For more than 15 years people have been making the same joke to Dave Hughes and the comedian says he’s sick of it.
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Joh era: Another briefcase full of cash
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TV star opens up about childhood tragedy
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Cult hit writer Boyd Oxlade dead
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Brisbane in the swinging 60s
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‘Hillary has spreadsheet of betrayers’
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Movie star wanted cocaine to help the CIA
IN A tell-all book a former CIA lawyer has revealed Hollywood stars often help the spy agency gather information, but not always for free. Some have wild demands.
Great novels ‘change brain’s biology’
WITH A great book we feel like we enter another world and no wonder: Scientists say novels change our brains to let us experience what we’re reading.
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