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Welcome to the ABC Arts wrap of the best new books published this month. In a huge treat for readers, both Ann Patchett (of Tom Lake fame) and Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet — need we say more?) have new books out. Find out what our reviewers made of these much-anticipated novels below. Also among the best…
Growing up, Nick Lowden always had a footy in hand. He relished the rough and tumble of a hard-fought game. Like many kids, he dreamt of making it big. His parents, Kerry and Tony, could see their boy was talented, a team player and that the AFL was within reach. What they couldn’t see, what…
The death toll of two earthquakes in Venezuela has climbed to 1,430, as searches for survivors intensify during the remaining hours of the window for survival. Residents took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands, citing a scarcity of government rescuers and thousands of people remaining missing. Aid agencies consider the first…
When Karl Stefanovic landed the Today Show co-hosting gig in 2005, he was told to just be himself. It was advice he took to heart and over the years, it would help him rise to become one of the country’s most beloved personalities. “Someone told me once when I started the Today show, there’s no…
The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz almost immediately caused a fuel price shock felt in bank accounts around Australia. Even if the Strait returns to normal, that shock will keep sending prices up in a range of industries. Economic ripples will filter through to a plethora of products, such as plastics, fertilisers, building materials,…
Spot electricity prices that soared to their maximum allowable level. Emptied batteries unable to supply a grid desperate for more energy. Dormant gas plants that fired to life and ran flat-out for days to keep the lights on. South Australia may be the country’s renewable energy flag-bearer, but its embrace of the transition has been…
‘We’re working on for first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission this year’, says Isro chief V Narayanan NEW DELHI: Isro chairman V Narayanan said on Saturday that the country is preparing for the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, advancing Chandrayaan-4, a lunar sample return mission, and Chandrayaan-5, a joint long-duration mission with Japan involving a heavier rover.Delivering the…
We’ve come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn’t know the meaning of big words. When the Preferred Prime Minister (patent pending) bowled up her prescription at the Press Club that Australia should really be a “monoculture”, she triggered a national bout of semantic debate so farcical that it could absolutely work…
A multi-billion-dollar beer dynasty is being torn apart by explosive allegations of assault and a century-old law that is designed to protect parents from neglectful children. The Bhirombhakdi family founded the Singha beer company and has an estimated wealth of $US1.75 billion ($2.5 billion). Forbes lists the family as Thailand’s 15th richest. But allegations of…
US President Donald Trump makes a lot of jokes — often at other people’s expense. But rarely does he openly mock his own vice-president, and by doing so recently, he has unleashed a new wave of speculation about who he will anoint as his successor as the 2028 presidential election approaches. An increasingly popular talking…