The Adriatic port city of Trieste, with its heady mix of Italian, Germanic and Slavic cultures, transcends nationhood to become the perfect place for self-exile.

A Memoir of Sorts, Margaret Atwood writes that “every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes” and claims that these two beings have “less idea than you’d think” about ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw was a stunning own goal of self-love and sycophancy with a Trumped-up ‘peace prize’ – all in the service of further monetising the world game.

Under the bent and creaking annexe that is just there beside the road as if it has been put up for people like us, who’ve left without saying goodbye, without taking anything along – as if memories ...

Novels written in prose poetry are not for everyone. It takes a very devoted reader to commit to a whole book comprising devolving sentences, words spaced out like patterns, dialogue merging with ...

In the tradition of the late, great Mungo MacCallum, LR tries to infuse his puzzles with humour, wordplay and poetry to give readers plenty of “Aha!” moments. They will be accessible, but always with ...

I can resist!” Anne Enright declares as she walks through Dublin, trying desperately not to think about the histories impressed upon the most innocuous corners of her city. When this proclamation ...

More than three decades after the royal commission, calls are growing for the government to finally implement its recommendations, to stop the rising number of preventable deaths.

The government is yet to compel private schools to publish their principals’ salaries, despite concerns that taxpayers are supporting packages up to $1 million a year.

Gaming venues claiming to use facial recognition tools to help curb problem gambling and crime are accused of employing the technology to track big spenders and increase profits.

Carolyn Fraser | worked at State Library Victoria from 2007 to 2024. She is writing a book titled Why Do We Care About Things?

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