Donald Trump is criticising Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky for saying the end of the war with Russia is “very, very ...

European leaders have met in the UK overnight and thrown their support behind Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky following ...

Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed. And, while beginners can sometimes feel that cryptics are ...

“I want it to be an interweaving of images – more open, loose and rich, and free of angst,” wrote Beverley Farmer in her writer’s journal, A Body of Water. Her second novel, The Seal Woman – published ...

In late January, I was chatting with my high-school modern history teacher, Helen*, about the upcoming National Disability Insurance Scheme plan review for her husband, Paul*. The disability community ...

When to give up, is the question. We know, after all, how it ends. There are no surprises. But at what point should we conclude that the end has arrived, or is so close that whatever life remains is ...

Verse novels have been a particular strength of Australian writing for children and young adults over the past few decades. Little Bones, a lyrical and eerie debut middle-grade verse novel by Sandy ...

At the moment of my father Chester Lemon’s birth, the doctor delivering him dropped dead. I’ve tried to picture it ever since my father told me this story – was the baby halfway out or all the way out ...

We’re at the end of the plum season. And the end of the tomato season. Toward the end of any season there’s often a bit of a glut. A lot of fruit comes on at once and for reasons unknown there is ...

British jazz legend Shabaka Hutchings, playing at this month’s WOMADelaide music festival, holds a deep passion for the ...

“A ‘crisis’ in democracy is the framing we’ve come to continually hear – often from the media, which has a tendency to escalate our legitimate fears at times when we most need a sober, reflective and ...