The disappointment was showing for Australia’s Molly Picklum.

Australian world champion Molly Picklum falls short in Bells Beach decider

The iconic Bells Beach trophy has continued to prove elusive for Molly Picklum with Australia’s world champion falling short in the final against Hawaiian Gabriela Bryan.

  • Melissa Woods

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Bestselling crime author Michael Robotham addresses readers at an independent bookseller’s event.

Is Sydney Writers’ Festival screwing its writers? This isn’t fiction

Bestselling author Michael Robotham is among those unimpressed with the festival’s demand that writers not appear at other book events.

  • Melissa Mantle
Dionne Gain

We’re pining for the ’90s. Yes,even its politics. Please explain

Cast your mind back to a time when leaders were bolder,braver and less captive to the hurtling news cycles of this online age.

  • Nick Bryant
Thami Croeser demonstrates how the street trees on Canning Street in Carlton are failing to thrive,compared with the established trees in Carlton Gardens.

The simple fix that will cool our streets – if only we get it right

While street trees often fail to thrive,the solutions to help these urban oases flourish are devastatingly simple.

  • Bianca Hall
Method Man performing with Wu-Tang Clan in London on March 17,just before the Australian leg of the tour.

‘Your beef is not with me’:Wu-Tang Clan’s Method Man clashes with Australian tour promoter

Wu-Tang Clan legend Method Man has responded following uproar among fans after this month’s tour was billed as all living members despite several being missing.

  • Kayla Olaya
Claudia Conte claimed in a radio interview that she was having an affair with the interior minister.

Italian PM’s cabinet rocked by affair scandal

A second minister has been caught up in a romance with a younger online influencer as Giorgia Meloni recovers from a bruising referendum defeat.

  • Nick Squires
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Megan Thee Stallion in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. She was taken to hospital with exhaustion this week.

Megan Thee Stallion taken to hospital after falling ‘very ill’ during Broadway performance

The rapper has been making her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical as the first woman to play the Moulin Rouge’s manipulative owner Zidler.

  • Kayla Olaya
Where we once used online culture to share our lives,it’s clear that we are increasingly withdrawing.

I confess,I’m a lurker:How the utopia of my youth went horribly wrong

When I was compulsively sharing and being shared with,I was expressing the person I wanted to be. Now,I just silently observe the lives of others.

  • Wendy Syfret
Michael Bengston is 22,and has a brick phone instead of a smart one.

Something’s got to give. Maybe,finally,it’s Big Tech

Big Tech in the US have been ordered to pay millions for causing harm to children,while Australians under 25 say they are unhappier than ever due to social media use. What,or who,is next in the reckoning?

  • Bronte Gossling
Sarah Curnow:“Every photo,message and memory from the past 16 years was gone.”

Instagram falsely accused me of vile behaviour. Now I’m locked out of my life

Meta banned me over mistaken “child sexual exploitation,abuse and nudity” alerts. This is the same tech giant that’s just been fined more than $500 million for enabling child sexual exploitation.

  • Sarah Curnow