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Supergrass have reformed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their album <i>I Should Coco</i>.

‘We didn’t slag off other bands’: Gaz Coombes on Supergrass’ success

Three decades after bouncing into ’90s Britpop with Supergrass, Gaz Coombes reflects on what it was like back then as a teenager, and where he is now, pushing 50. 

  • Barry Divola

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Author Hannah Kent.

‘I could feel the cold’: the dreams that told Hannah Kent what to write

Drawn to snowy Iceland as a teenager, the award-winning author found the country calling her again.

  • Suzie Keen
Amanda Knox who has just published a memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning.

‘On the world stage, I was a liar, a drug-addled slut’: Amanda Knox

With the publication of her new memoir, Amanda Knox reveals she takes nothing for granted after being wrongly convicted of murder and spending four years in custody in Italy.

  • JP O’ Malley
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
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
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
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London-born Thai actor Tayme Thapthimthong was working as a private bodyguard when he landed the role of Gaitok, a hapless security guard on The White Lotus.

Why this London-born ‘Thai military expert’ found playing Gaitok on The White Lotus a challenge

Actor Tayme Thapthimthong was working as a private bodyguard when he landed the role of Gaitok, a hapless security guard on The White Lotus.

  • Thomas Mitchell

We need to celebrate the complexities of humanity: Rhys Darby

While the New Zealand comedian worries about AI, his advice is to turn off the news and keep your sense of humour.

  • Lenny Ann Low
American magician and mentalist David Blaine.

The world’s most extreme magician reveals the one thing he won’t attempt

Fearless endurance artist, magician and mentalist David Blaine learns from the masters in a new TV series, so we don’t have to.

  • Michael Dwyer
“I knew the media would make an example out of me, as they do with any outspoken woman,” says .Jameela Jamil. The 39-year-old has endured her share of media pile-ons.

‘I am the ghost of cancellations past’: Jameela Jamil on surviving backlash after backlash

The Good Place star and feminist activist is bringing her “no bullshit conversations” to Australia.

  • Jenna Guillaume

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