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Hot coffee is hot, who would’ve thought?

Warning: Take excessive caution reading this column

Why does everything these days come with a warning?

  • Richard Glover

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1300 rappers Rako, Goyo and DALI (left to right) are reimagining hallyu through a distinctly Korean-Australian context.

From Gangnam Style to 1300: Why Korean pop culture has taken over the world

Most of us have sung along to K-Pop Demon Hunters or sweat through a bowl of spicy Buldak ramen, but do we fully understand why we love all things Korean?

  • Nell Geraets

From ghoulish crime to dirty politics, here are 10 new books

Our reviewers’ picks of new and recent fiction and non-fiction releases.

  • Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Zadie Smith, who has written a series of essays titled Dead and Alive, pictured here in 2022.

Zadie Smith on creativity, politics and falling out of a window

In this selection of essays, the award-winning author proves herself as nimble a visual arts and movie critic as she is a literary one.

  • Thuy On
The hodge-podge bookshelf.

Are the doomsayers right? Are we living in post-literate times?

Despite laments from cultural commentators, the book has been remarkably chirpy for a species constantly threatened with extinction.

  • Jane Sullivan
Fashion designer Samuel Lewis with model Sascha Rose from Chadmick models in one of his designs based in part on medieval chain mail.

The 26-year-old Aussie designer behind some of Lady Gaga’s most daring looks

Samuel Lewis, a Taiwanese-Australian fashion designer, is building a name for himself in Hollywood and beyond, with celebrities like Lady Gaga, Madonna and Chappell Roan blowing up his phone.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
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Black – at age 22 – who was just 13 when her pop video went viral for all the wrong reasons.

When Rebecca was 13 she was mocked over her viral video. Now the joke’s on the haters

Rebecca Black went viral for all the wrong reasons with her song Friday – then she found her own people and became a queer icon.

  • John Bailey
Salman Rushdie, photographed by his wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

Unsurprisingly, death is a recurring theme in Salman Rushdie’s new book

The stories in The Eleventh Hour are variable, but Rushdie’s writing still has a spellbinding quality.

  • Peter Craven
The panel, myself included, whittled down 65 contenders to a winner that should incite our robot overlords.

Slop of the pops? Macquarie Dictionary names its word of the year

The panel, myself included, whittled down 65 contenders to a winner that should incite our robot overlords.

  • David Astle
Here’s how to decipher all the classic old man noises, including “ugh”, “aghhgh” and “ooof”.

A guide to understanding the daily groans of men of a certain age

Including all the classics such as “ugh”, “aghhgh” and “ooof”.

  • Richard Glover

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