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   We can all see clouds.

From scientists to artists, clouds have always enchanted us

This guide to identifying clouds reminds us of the close historical connection between art and science in capturing natural phenomena.

  • Simon Caterson

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Cordelia Fine: every adult woman in her household is brought a cup of tea in bed.

A witty guide to fixing the status quo that harms us all

Award-winning author and academic Cordelia Fine gives us a once-in-a-lifetime analysis of gender equality – and what needs to change.

  • Jenna Price
The bookshop crawl isn’t a shopping trip, but is instead about experiencing the bookshops themselves.

Australians can ‘get lit’ in the true sense in this book lovers’ crawl

Book crawls – visiting multiple bookshops in one day – have been growing in popularity and now Australia has joined The Global Book Crawl.

  • Jane Sullivan
Australian author Vijay Khurana.

An evocative exploration of adolescence, loneliness and masculinity

Australian author Vijay Khurana’s debut rewards being read multiple times.

  • Declan Fry
Paris Hilton is House of Wax!

Critics despised this 2000s film. Real fans know the truth

It was nominated for worst picture at the Razzies and now has a 27 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes, but this is the people’s horror movie.

  • Tom W Clarke
Having a refrigerator was a point of pride, particularly if you had paid it off.

Trump’s trade vision? Been there. Wore the saggy undies

People talk about growing up behind the Iron Curtain, but I grew up behind a Tariff Curtain.

  • Richard Glover
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Millennials, mums and an Australian mermaid: Eight new books

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

  • Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Jane Caro found that confronting the illusion of safety helped her stop fearing danger.

Is this the most Australian crime thriller of all time?

Jane Caro’s Lyrebird is a well-crafted crime novel – and as Aussie as it gets.

  • Sue Turnbull
Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart) return for the fourth season of Hacks.

Hacks returns with a new setting but the same razor-sharp satire

Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder return with an all-new (but still toxic) dynamic as they take on late-night TV.

  • Kylie Northover
Debut author Sophie Quick

This sharp satire features a conwoman you can empathise with

The anti-heroine in Sophie Quick’s debut novel scams people just enough to get by – because she’s a single mother with no support.

  • Jessie Tu

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