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‘Fight Club’ Author Reflects On Violence And Masculinity, 20 Years On

Maddie Crum

"We're the middle children of history," a blond man preaches. He's slick, and leathery. "We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock...

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‘Girl On The Train’ Author Has A New Book Coming Out Next Year

Maddie Crum

Just weeks after the theatrical release of "The Girl on the Train," the author of the book it's based on has announced that she'll release a new suspense novel in May 2017. Paula Hawkins broke all kin...

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You Can't Help But Smile At These Adorable Echidna Puggles Born At Taronga Zoo

Libby-Jane Charleston

It's the first successful short-beaked Echidna birth in 30 years.

Elspeth Dehnert

Jordan’s Female Taxi Drivers Crash Through Stereotypes

Jesselyn Cook

A group of women in Jordan are defying gender roles for a career on the road. While it's not easy working in a male-dominated sector, the country's female taxi drivers are willing to challenge the nay...

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Relive The Splendour Of Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet,' 20 Years On

Matthew Jacobs

The moment the world fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, he was coated in the yellow shadow of a sunset, puffing on a cigarette and journaling about "brawling love" and "loving hate." He trudged acro...

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We May Finally Know The Real Reason Van Gogh Cut His Ear Off

Priscilla Frank

By now, most art history devotees know that on Christmas Eve in 1888, painter Vincent van Gogh allegedly took a razor to his left ear and chopped the appendage right off. Nearly none of them, however,...

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Helen Kapalos' Documentary Is What The Medicinal Cannabis Debate Needs

Julia Naughton

She left commercial TV to be the voice of Australians suffering in silence.

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Meet Shakespeare’s Official Co-Author

Maddie Crum

If this month's Elena Ferrante–related news has taught us anything about our reading habits, it's that we're obse ed with authorship. The woman behind the popular Neapolitan novels wished to rem...

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Skilled Trades Jobs Are The Most Difficult To Fill

Libby-Jane Charleston

Latest figures show tradies' positions are the most 'in demand'.

Liam Norris

Uniting Young And Old Is Not Just A Fairytale

Fleur Morrison

Books can build bonds between generations.

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The Problem With Book Clubs

Fleur Morrison

An obligation to read is no kind of incentive to pick up a book, and it often has the opposite effect, rendering the intended reader incapable of turning off the television or logging off Facebook.