How Bridgerton revived the ballet flat
First introduced for off-stage wear in the 1940s, ballet flats are back thanks to Bridgerton. Here, a brief history of the classically chic shoe.
Television
Hair-raising, horrible but you can’t stop watching
A Very British Scandal tells the tormented story of the Duchess of Argyll, the first woman in modern British history to be slut-shamed.
Sex, surf and a culture cashing in
Barons follows a group of young surfers, living in a Kombi van, who go on to play a vital part in a multimillion-dollar industry.
‘Play School is a slaughterhouse’
Hunter Page-Lochard on his new TV drama Barons, popularising Indigenous roles — and why Play School is the hardest gig of all.
The curious tale of the OG masterchef
A new series delves into Julia Child’s evolving relationship with her husband and how she came to have her own TV cooking show.
Reprising a cheating scandal: ’Of course it is triggering’
Sienna Miller’s role as a cheated-on politician’s wife in Netflix drama Anatomy of a Scandal is uncomfortably close to home, mirroring her real-life public betrayal by fiance Jude Law.
Parenting dos & don’ts, according to the Byrdes
From oversharing with your kids to dragging them into your problems, Ozark’s Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and Chris Mundy reveal the most common parent traps.
America’s ‘brutal dictatorship’
In a controversial new HBO series, Manhattan is at the centre of a civil war between the US government and the secession-bent Free States of America.
Fan favourite having the time of his life
Since joining the cast of Outlander in 2016, David Berry’s character has become the object of adoration.
Not even Brian Tyree Henry knows how to define Atlanta
Donald Glover’s comedy Atlanta set a bold template for an exploration of race in America. Star Brian Tyree Henry pulls back the curtain on series three.
How the Corleones still call the shots
The Godfather didn’t just write the rule book on mobster shows. Almost any TV series about a family empire today lives in its shadow, including some you’d least expect.
Healing after the devastation
ABC documentary series People’s Republic of Mallacoota documents a community’s knotty task of rebuilding following the horrific Black Summer bushfires.
Bridgerton has changed the tone with its casting of Simone Ashley
Already, Bridgerton has gone so much further than so many by casting Simone Ashley, who is of Tamil heritage, as Kate Sharma, the heroine of its second season.
Bruce Willis to retire because of cruel illness
The action hero, star of the Die Hard franchise, is stepping away from acting due to a disorder that can affect the ability to speak or write.
Winning Time review: He shoots, he scores
The on-court rivalries, relationships and sex lives of Magic Johnson’s LA Lakers make for a hugely entertaining, madcap series from Adam McKay.
‘I’m having the best Peking pork of my life’
Comedian Jennifer Wong roamed Australia sampling Chinese restaurants for a new TV series. What she found is surprising…
Is this the most intimate job on television?
Late-night hosts are always looking for new ways to maintain and attract viewers. A new series delves into the format’s beginnings — and the rivalries we have come to love.
Notes on a Bridgerton scandal
As its highly-anticipated second season is released, Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen spills the secrets on the global success of the racy Regency romance.
The best cops in TV history?
Two foreign language crime dramas offer some of the most intriguing and complex detectives we have seen on our screens.
Winning Time: The man behind the magic
Los Angeles in the 1980s is recreated in all its gaudy glory in HBO’s latest crown jewel and the performances are turned up to 11.
Hillsborough revisited: a tragic football story
The BBC dramatises one mother’s crusade for the truth in a mass accident at Hillsborough football stadium in 1989.
A killer in the crowd
A new Netflix series brings a sense of social justice and humanity to the stories of female sex workers who were gruesomely murdered in New York in the late 1970s.
From stethoscope to scriptwriter
Adam Kay kept a diary of his mad years as a junior doctor. It makes an extraordinary television series.
Flight of the Conchords … on a pirate ship
Rhys Darby is the world’s most hopeless pirate until Taika Waititi’s Blackbeard takes him under his wing.
Reacher a big and tough act to follow
This impressive TV adaptation of Lee Child’s bestselling Jack Reacher novels holds true to form.
Neighbours is an institution: don’t write it off yet
Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Margot Robbie … they all passed through the Neighbours set and went on to take the world by storm.
Ambitious show risks audience severance
The characters in Severance lead days of two halves – life and work – but have no idea that they are living in one and then other.
The greatest comedy of all time?
The latest season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm arrived recently without a great deal of fanfare or promotion. It just happens to be the cleverest comedy around.
Yellowstone fans get a jumbo-size season 5
Creator of the popular Western drama announces plans for a huge new season, a new Dutton family story and other series starring Sylvester Stallone, 75, as a Tulsa mobster.
No sex as China censors Friends
US sitcom Friends has returned to Chinese streaming services but with changes that have upset some Chinese fans.
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