The kindness of strangers: ‘That quilt serves as a daily reminder of all the goodness in this world’
I was secretly devastated to have missed out on the quilt. To my surprise, the woman who’d won it wanted me to have it
Learn-to-cycle courses are booming in Australia as adults saddle up for the ‘golden age’ of biking
Whether they are rusty riders or complete beginners, more people are keen to navigate life on two wheels
Martin Short opens up about ‘nightmare’ death of his daughter Katherine
Actor and comedian speaks for the first time since his 42-year-old daughter died by suicide in February
Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire frays
US president expresses ire at Tehran’s reported demands, as drones strike Gulf nations and Israel warns war ‘not over’
Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner found dead at home
Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride discovered dead at LA home with wife
Trump news at a glance: Trump wants to ‘go in’ to Iran to secure nuclear material, Netanyahu claims
Iran says it has responded to US peace proposal as ceasefire comes under strain and Israeli prime minister says war is ‘not over’
How One Nation won in Farrer: the maps that show the big swings across the seat
The swing played out throughout the electorate – even in places like Albury – although the gains were largest in rural areas
Khaled Sabsabi is finally at the Venice Biennale: ‘Being here is already a win’
Australia’s representative at the world’s biggest art show has not one but two works on show – a major achievement and happy ending to a year of controversy and protest
Britain’s visceral dislike of Keir Starmer illuminates a problem for his successor
There are many good reasons to not like the prime minister. But ours is an age in which hatred is a remarkably popular currency – leaders need a strategy for countering it, says author Samuel Earle
Nobel laureate’s smuggled memoir details beatings and neglect in Iranian prisons
Writing by Narges Mohammadi, arrested 14 times for activism, offers a disturbing insight into treatment
Dozens of people from cruise ship struck by hantavirus leave Tenerife
Britons among passengers and crew taken off vessel and put on flights to 10 countries as part of two-day operation
Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids
Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quit
ABC lawyers accuse Trump’s FCC of punishing network for political reasons
Network lawyers in a legal motion strongly pushed back against the FCC’s investigation into The View talkshow
Full nationalisation of British Steel expected in king’s speech
Officials reportedly drafting legislation likely to safeguard Britain’s last blast furnaces and save thousands of jobs
Argentina in spotlight over hantavirus as authorities retrace footsteps of ship’s passengers
Thirty years after first person-to-person transmission was documented in Patagonia, scientists say global heating could increase world’s exposure
Rivals season two review – if I could give this exquisite bonkbuster 10,000 stars, I would
The gloriously knowing adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel gets a tremendous second season. Its fabulous escapism is beyond earthly praise
Waking up in One Nation country: after the Coalition demolition, voters wait to see if Pauline Hanson’s party can deliver
A disaffected constituency that delivered a historic victory to the minor party also dashed ambitions of independent Michelle Milthorpe