
John and Yoko, Cher, Lisa-Marie Presley: 3 memoirs illustrate the peculiar lives of celebrities
Throughout the 1990s, I was a music journalist in London. I profiled hundreds of rock bands at the start of their careers, including Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and the Foo Fighters. I...

As Coles slashes its product range, will well-known brands disappear from supermarket shelves?
Coles is reducing its product range by at least 10%, a move that has sparked public backlash and renewed discussions about the role of supermarkets in the cost-of-living crisis. In cutting the range of items on offer Coles...

Fewer young Australians are drinking. And when they do drink, they are drinking less and less often than previous generations at the same age. Its a trend happening all around the world. The proportion of young people who...

What do the changes to IUD access mean for Australian women?
Ahead of the governments response this week to a Senate inquiry into access to reproductive health care in Australia, the government has announced new measures to make it easier to get an intrauterine device, or IUD....

How rural English women used scrapbooks to commemorate the death of Winston Churchill
Sixty years ago, on January 24, Britons gathered around their radios to listen to the sombre BBC announcement that Sir Winston Churchill had died at the age of 90. Others learned about the news at church, as they listened...

The EU was built for another age – here’s how it must adapt to survive
To European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Europe is like a Volkswagen Beetle an iconic car produced by a once-mighty German manufacturer which has been struggling to adapt to a new world. Europe must shift...