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Stan Grant is used to war zones. His ‘crazy’ next act comes close

A solo stage show and a previously unseen script. What could possibly go wrong?

  • John Bailey

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Can friends stay close when one has kids? Turns out there is a way

From an old episode of Sex and the City comes an unlikely lesson in staying connected.

  • Brodie Lancaster
Rhian Teasdale: “We are learning to say no to things.″⁣

Wet Leg began as an in-joke. Going viral taught them a lesson

The English rock band’s second album arrives with claws and teeth bared.

  • Brodie Lancaster
A young Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai.

I went to visit a famous bridge – and it wasn’t there

The famous wooden bridge depicted in the film adaptation of The Bridge on the River Kwai was never a real bridge.

  • Jane Sullivan

Looking for a new book? Here are 10 new titles

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

  • Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
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James Frey wrote his new book in 57 days. He doesn’t want Oprah to read it

Twenty years after saying sorry to Oprah for fabricating parts of his bestselling book, the writer of A Million Little Pieces makes an unapologetic return.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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Smh Supplements. Sydney writers festival..Yiyun Li

A seismically moving account of living with the unimaginable

Pulitzer Prize finalist Yiyun Li’s new book examines the aftermath of the unthinkable loss of both her sons.

  • Declan Fry
Kat Sadler, creator, writer and star of Such Brave Girls at the 2024 BAFTA Awards.

‘I like to make it as authentic as possible’: Kat Sadler on mining her own trauma

Writer, creator and star Kat Sadler wants her pitch-black comedy to be as authentic as possible

  • Kylie Northover

‘Why aren’t you being cancelled?’ Claudia Karvan reveals her problematic past roles

The veteran Australian actor has seen a lot of social change over her decades-long career. There’s a big one at the heart of her latest role.

  • John Bailey

Why do I lie awake at night? Because it kept my ancestors alive

Those who slept soundly in the past woke in bears’ bellies and have no descendants.

  • Anson Cameron

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