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Katy Perry is off to space.

Space has a PR problem. It’s time to make it great again

Using space as a stunt to recover from a failed album is just another nail in the coffin of the great black void’s reputation.

  • Patrick Lenton

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NZ comedian Guy Montgomery.

Guy Montgomery is everywhere, but he thinks he’s ‘pretty generic’

The New Zealander has written for others, appeared in films, done fundraisers, but he describes these ventures as “dream-adjacent.”

  • John Bailey
The crossword clue is poetry to pore over and savour.

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

  • David Astle
Melbourne five-piece Floodlights go deep on their new album Underneath.

Cathartic rock and eshay rap at its finest: The best new Aussie music to hear

A monthly spotlight on our favourite new albums, singles and videos from local musicians.

  • Nick Buckley, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Robert Moran and Jules LeFevre
Marlon Williams’ Te Whare Tīwekaweka is the singer’s first album in Te Reo Māori.

‘To be Maori is to be political’: Marlon Williams returns to his ancestral tongue

The singer-songwriter’s new album wasn’t intended to be political, but it arrives at a tense moment for Aotearoa politics.

  • Nick Buckley
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The transformative power of a single cup of tea

Relationship woes? Police intervention? There’s nothing that the magical beverage can’t solve.

  • Richard Glover
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Walton Goggins is a familiar face, but The White Lotus has catapulted him to a new level of fame.

Walton Goggins just wants to be left alone, until he doesn’t

The White Lotus star has a knack for playing misunderstood fringe dwellers. To his surprise, it’s turned him into the most relatable man on TV.

  • Thomas Mitchell

From a twisty thriller to a moving Ukrainian war diary: eight new books

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.

  • Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Li’l Petey and Dog Man in the new film of Dav Pilkey’s book, Dog Man.

A tail as old as time: Which are better, dogs or cats?

You might think you know what Dog Man creator Dav Pilkey will say in response. Think again.

  • Michael Idato
Swiss author Christian Kracht.

This bonkers road-trip story is witty, boring and annoying. I loved it

Swiss author Christian Kracht’s novel follows a mother and son on a road trip across Switzerland squandering their riches.

  • Helen Elliott

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