Return of the long lost ex
Netflix’s twisty Harlan Coben thriller Missing You takes a swipe at love with a woman tracking down her missing fiance on a dating app.
Review
Meet the biggest band you’ve probably never heard of
They’re rock superstars in Asia. Here? Not so much. With its penchant for the spectacular and a world-beating live show, can Taiwanese quintet Mayday bring Australian audiences on board?
The art and guilt of self-hatred
Cultural edginess has been replaced with self-pity about our ‘vulnerabilities’ and our supposed need for ‘healing’.
Severance fans are in for a treat
Among the many fans of Severance, creators Ben Stiller and Adam Scott are some of the biggest. And every ounce of their fandom is on display in the show’s newly released companion podcast.
Tackling Australia’s highest peak was boys own adventure
The Great White Whale documents an attempt to climb Big Ben on Heard Island: have-a-go Australia in its heyday.
Stand back for the hot breath of dragon sex
The first book in this series was delightful. The third is hot as hell.
The wild women of Rome revealed
This revisionist history argues that the women of ancient Rome weren’t quite as nutty as some histories would have you believe.
Window into a lost artform
Whalemen who were bored out at sea scratched their longings into the teeth and bones of the great ocean mammals. Then one such mariner became tangled in a story of mutiny and misfortune.
‘Stale, male and pale’ — but I’m no write off
We are being published less often and our work is ignored, despite being at the peak of our literary powers. But the industry consigning us to the dustbin does so at culture’s peril.
The Offspring: ‘No-one’s ever accused us of being good musicians’
In an extended Q+A, Dexter Holland — frontman of veteran US punk rock band The Offspring — speaks about touring with kids, the upsides of ageing, mad Brazilian fans, grief and hot sauce.
A thrilling end to Scotland’s top drama
Shetland’s Mark Bonnar and Game of Thrones’ Jamie Sives return as brothers in Guilt, a wicked parable about the futility of trying to outrun your own past.
Remember when garbos ran down the street with your bins?
A marvellously nostalgic new book, spawned by social media, takes us back to a time when life in Australia was much simpler. But was it easier?
Don’t change the date of Australia Day, change history instead
Until recently the Australian Classification Board’s learned elders only protected us simpletons from books and films. Thank god they’re here to solve this new crisis.
Five stars: A Complete Unknown finds perfect lead to play Bob Dylan
Every time Timothee Chalamet sang one of Dylan’s songs I had the urge to clap and cheer for what is a 10-star performance.
Babygirl: Nicole Kidman hits career high with a big O
The fake orgasms by the Australian actor in this bold erotic thriller are evidence of ‘raw, astonishing acting’.
Have we reached peak electric guitar?
As the Fender Stratocaster — the world’s most recognisable six-string axe — enters its eighth decade, rock ‘n’ roll music is far from ascendant. Where to now for this totemic instrument of cultural change?
Unlocking the mysteries of Machu Picchu in Peru
What was this place, occupied by the Incan Empire, from about the early 1400s to the mid-1500s?
Flight 103: there have been few disasters as confronting as this
This series, starring Colin Firth, charts a man’s dogged quest for the truth about his daughter’s death in the UK’s deadliest terrorist attack.
‘You need to make people anxious about the world to make them rethink it’
Playwright Patricia Cornelius, 73, on how she deals with reviews and why she hopes people are frightened of her.
Yakka, larrikin, fair go: Australia in 100 words
Since the British brought their language Down Under, the locals have been adapting and ‘refining’ the vernacular to better reflect the experience of life in the Great Southern Land.
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