‘BDSM on screen used to just mean a gimp in the basement’: the kink community’s verdict on Pillion
Pillion, which explores a relationship between dom Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) and submissive Colin (Harry Melling), has just opened in UK cinemas. But how realistic is its portrayal of a group little seen in mainstream cinema?
Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years – report
Pew Charitable Trusts finds plastic pollution will more than double globally by 2040 unless action taken
Final Hillsborough report ends investigation with no consequences
Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable
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Five takeaways from Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case appeal
What the appeals judges said about the former Liberal staffer’s knowledge of Brittany Higgins’ lack of consent and the reasonableness of Lisa Wilkinson’s journalism
‘Addiction to secrecy’: opposition and crossbench slam Labor’s ‘undemocratic’ changes to FoI – including charging fees
The proposed changes, which the government claims are needed to combat AI-generated requests, would also reduce what documents can be released
Quentin Tarantino has strong opinions about Paul Dano and none of them are right
Tarantino has called Dano a ‘weak, weak uninteresting guy’, ‘the giant flaw’ in There Will Be Blood – and the main reason it is not his favourite film of the 21st century
Survivors of New Orleans clergy abuse weigh forgiveness in court: ‘It destroyed my faith in God’
Victims share painful memories in trial aiming to determine fairness of archdiocese’s $230m settlement proposal
A year after South Korea’s martial law crisis, the president urges unity, but the wounds are still raw
President Lee praised South Koreans for overcoming ‘an unprecedented democratic crisis in world history’ but some fears its society is becoming increasingly polarised
Cover-Up review – atrocity exposer Seymour Hersh, journalist legend, gets a moment in the spotlight
Hersh’s record on uncovering the big stories, from My Lai to Abu Ghraib, speaks for itself. This documentary watches him at work: dogged, nonconformist and combative
We found the authentic Liguria: an off-season road trip through north-west Italy’s brilliant villages and cuisine
By avoiding the famous hotspots and travelling in December, we enjoy culinary delights and historic charms without the summer crowds
Chop and change: pork is ‘new beef’ for money-saving Britons, report finds
As beef price inflation soars to 27%, customers are turning to cheaper pork alternatives, Waitrose says
Wednesday briefing: ​​Does the new ​U​S plan put ​Ukraine and ​Russia on the path to peace​?
In today’s newsletter: With US pressure mounting and Ukraine signalling cautious openness, Moscow continues to project military momentum
High court overturns NT housing policy which tripled rent in some remote Indigenous communities
Rental changes were introduced in Northern Territory without giving notice to tenants, which the court unanimously ruled was a denial of procedural fairness
Reciting the names of the dead: how Australia’s response to HIV/Aids was emotionally – and politically – powerful
Researchers now describe it as both historical phenomenon and public health model. Its success was remarkable