I’m always uncomfortable nominating just one book as my book of the year, but if I had to then it would probably be Percival Everett’s James (Mantle, 320pp, $34.99). A retelling of Mark Twain’s ...

It was an unpleasantly sweltering day and I was doing errands, probably feeling slightly harassed. I walked into the fruit shop and was stopped in my tracks by the sweet perfume of strawberries and ...

Syria: Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the Islamist group in Syria that oversaw the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, has unveiled ...

There are really only two possibilities. Either Peter Dutton and Angus Taylor do not understand the basics of the Coalition’s signature nuclear power policy or they are deliberately, repeatedly ...

The Coalition is moving to undo the First Nations naming of Australian military bases as it escalates its opposition to race-based symbols and other reconciliation policies. A senior Coalition source ...

The largest reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme are moving so fast that promises made to people with disability are already “being broken” to secure billions of dollars’ worth of ...

Only a foolhardy politician on the cusp of an election year would insert themselves into the summer holiday rituals of the Australian populace. Better to let the voters enjoy the beach, the barbecues ...

Focus group research by RedBridge indicates that voter perceptions of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are as bad as they were for his predecessor Scott Morrison, strengthening the growing belief that ...

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 ...

The new Sydney Metro City line is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Australia – and it has moments of the sublime. Winner of the heritage category in architecture’s Oscars, the restored ...

This was a year in which Australian artists showed how local narratives and voices can enrich global conversations to foster deeper understanding. The primary example was Archie Moore’s installation ...

The Saturday Paper ’s quick crossword is compiled by Liam Runnalls (LR), who also sets the weekend cryptic. Requiring less lateral thinking than the cryptic, and less general knowledge than the quiz, ...