‘Outpouring of love’:Part of felled Sycamore Gap tree to go on display

‘Outpouring of love’:Part of felled Sycamore Gap tree to go on display

The site of the felled tree will remain untouched to give the remains a chance to regrow. It will be protected by a low fence.

  • byEmma Gatten

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‘A very sad place with many ghosts’:So why are Vietnamese tourists flocking there?

‘A very sad place with many ghosts’:So why are Vietnamese tourists flocking there?

The tomb of a “fearless” schoolgirl assassin draws huge numbers of pilgrims to this island off Vietnam’s southern coast.

  • byChris Ray
Don’t leap to conclusions:The whos,whats and whens of February 29

Don’t leap to conclusions:The whos,whats and whens of February 29

The maths is mind-boggling and the marriage concept less than empowering. Here are the numbers,history and lore behind the (not quite) every four-year phenomenon.

  • byLeanne Italie
Why America’s historic weakness strengthens Trump

Why America’s historic weakness strengthens Trump

Even Abraham Lincoln had authoritarian tendencies. So we should not be surprised that so many Americans are drawn to Donald Trump’s autocratic flourishes.

  • byNick Bryant
Farewell to the rebellious hair salon that invented Sydney’s Saturday afternoon

Farewell to the rebellious hair salon that invented Sydney’s Saturday afternoon

Sam Pellegrino faced possible jail time for keeping his hairdressing business open 20 minutes beyond legal trading hours in 1986,but his defiance blazed a trail for weekend trading as we now know it.

  • byAmber Schultz
The forgotten Sydney of AC/DC
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The forgotten Sydney of AC/DC

Some of AC/DC's original members talk about the band’s Sydney origins. Featuring Mark Evans,Noel Taylor,Rob Bailey and Tony Currenti. Video by Tom Compagnoni.

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Has one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history been answered? Experts aren’t convinced

Has one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history been answered? Experts aren’t convinced

Earhart was trying to become the first woman to fly around the world in 1937. She and a navigator were headed a tiny coral atoll in the Pacific and were never seen again.

  • byMichael Levenson
The schoolboy,the actor and the criminal’s severed arm:Sydney’s most famous shark tales
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The schoolboy,the actor and the criminal’s severed arm:Sydney’s most famous shark tales

Thankfully,the woman whose leg was mauled on Monday night will survive. Over the centuries,the outcome has been much more horrific.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Mates killed in Vietnam six decades ago to be awarded new medals
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Mates killed in Vietnam six decades ago to be awarded new medals

The late Kevin “Dasher” Wheatley is set to become one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers after a military appeals tribunal recommended new medals for him and the mate who died with him in Vietnam in 1965.

  • byTony Wright
Mummified body parts to be removed from Sydney museum amid intense global debate
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Mummified body parts to be removed from Sydney museum amid intense global debate

The Chau Chak Wing museum will remove fragments of mummified bodies from display and will change the “colonial” name of its Mummy Room.

  • byJordan Baker
Losing the tellers of history doesn’t lessen its importance
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Losing the tellers of history doesn’t lessen its importance

My grandfather told me about surviving the Holocaust;it’s now important my children hear that story.

  • byNomi Kaltmann