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The 23-year-old singer is less rageful and more wistful on her new album.

Olivia Rodrigo is at her complicated best on her heartbreaking new album

The pop star chronicles the dawn and demise of her first “big girl relationship” with devastating insight (and Robert Smith).

  • Annabel Ross

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Playwright Yve Blake takes us behind the scenes of her new musical.

‘What if my writing is terrible?’: The six-week sprint to opening night

What does it take to turn Shakespeare’s Macbeth into a glitter-soaked tale of child stardom set in 2006?

  • Yve Blake
New albums June 2026

Four star-frenzy: These new albums are so close to perfect

This week’s must-hear albums include a jazz master’s opus, a Danish delight and a Western Australian gem.

  • John Shand, Annie Toller, Nick Buckley, Tom W Clarke and Robert Moran
There’s joy and redemption to be found at the local tip.

I went looking for a needle in a haystack, and I found so much more

There’s joy and redemption to be found at the local tip.

  • Richard Glover
MrBeast (aka Jimmy Donaldson), giving his all on his reality show Beast Games.

Against my will, I’ve come to love the charisma black hole that is MrBeast

He’s YouTube’s biggest ever star – despite having no connections, charm, or any natural facility for it.

  • Nicole Elphick
Our daily jargon has become more physically active than we are.

Jump, pivot, circle back: Is this an office meeting or a basketball game?

Our daily jargon has become more physically active than we are.

  • David Astle
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Riley Lapham's ''fast-twitch'' workout for The Australian Ballet's Copland Dance Episodes.
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Making the leap

Riley Lapham's ''fast-twitch'' workout for The Australian Ballet's Copland Dance Episodes.

Australian Ballet dancers training for new show

These ballet dancers eat hundreds of bananas a day. Here’s why

Australian Ballet stars have never trained harder than they have for Copland Dance Episodes. Weirdly, peak fitness has also made them vulnerable.

  • John Bailey
From Russian oligarchs to celebrity tell-alls, these are the books that won over the newsroom.

Your favourite journalists’ favourite books from the first half of 2026

You might know our journalists and editors through the stories they write, but what are they reading when they’re off the clock?

  • Melanie Kembrey
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How playing a Greek drag queen changed everything for this actor

Family, religion, a yearning for freedom and a standout film debut have shaped the life of this celebrated performer.

  • Dee Jefferson