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Wednesday17 April 2024

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  • Nathan Sawaya with his sculpture Big Yellow, a man made of yellow Lego opening his chest with his hands

    ‘It is a job, not a hobby’
    The Wall Street lawyer who quit to make Lego art

    Nathan Sawaya’s sculptures have been in galleries around the world – and a Lady Gaga video. He talks about art critics, auditioning to be a ‘master model builder’ and why he has no Lego at home
  • Damon Albarn on stage at Coachella in California

    Tantrums of the rich and famous
    Nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

  • An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024.

    Full Story
    Is the Middle East on the brink?

    After Iran launched an attack on Israel, is the region heading for all-out war? Emma Graham-Harrison reports
  • Kitchen utensils in a kitchen drawer

    Spurtles at the ready
    Eight unsung kitchen tools every home cook should own

    Elizabeth Quinn raids her cutlery drawer for the indispensable – but underrated – utensils that make cooking a breeze
    • The Jamba Nyinayi Festival in Western Australia, April 2024

      ‘This place is a gem’
      In remote Australia, a cultural festival thousands of years in the making

    • This image released by United Artists shows Jerrod Carmichael, right, and Christopher Abbott in a scene from "On the Count of Three." (Albert Camicioli/United Artists via AP)

      On the Count of Three
      A suicide-pact comedy that’s not as depressing as it sounds

    • Stuart Heritage scratching his bald scalp

      Society
      Losing my hair made me miserable. Now I’m as bald as an egg, I couldn’t be happier

    • The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, An American Bombing

      ‘More than just a crime story’
      The Oklahoma City bombing and a rise in domestic terrorism

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Opinion

  • Lisa Wilkinson (right) with her barrister Sue Chrysanthou

    Too often, women are denied justice for sexual assault. The Lehrmann judgment marks progress

    Jennifer Robinson
    Defamation is often used to silence women and the media speaking out on gender-based violence. Hopefully this decision deters such cases
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    How did Kamala Harris go from being a rising star to a damp squib?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    • Nigel Farage leaves the Claridge in Brussels

      UK politics sketch
      Nigel Farage is cancelled at last and he’s never been happier

      John Crace
    • ‘The last thing Americans need is a large expansion of government surveillance.’

      The US House voted to vastly expand government surveillance. The Senate must stop it

      Caitlin Vogus
    • People lay flowers outside the Bondi Junction shopping mall in Sydney after Saturday’s mass stabbing attack

      I am a psychiatrist covering Bondi. We need to invest in mental health services, not stigmatise people

      Kamran Ahmed
    • Simon Jenkins

      Britain has no business intervening in the war in Gaza. So why did it defend Israel against Iran?

      Simon Jenkins

Lifestyle

  • Shein shoes at a popup store in New York in 2022.

    ‘Super cute please like’
    The unstoppable rise of Shein

    It is taking fast fashion to ever faster and ever cheaper extremes, and making billions from it. Why is the whole world shopping at Shein?
  • Sexual Healing composite image of a woman, cross-legged, looking pensively to the left

    Sexual healing
    I used to love sex. But my boyfriend’s premature ejaculation is turning me off it – and him

  • OM Nigel Aubergine Cucumber Yoghurt

    Nigel Slater's midweek dinner
    Recipe for aubergine, mint and cucumber yoghurt

  • Kitchen scales with various sources of protein, including nuts, milk, fish and eggs

    The truth about protein
    How to get enough – at every age

  • The Living Project’s Josh Bulpin enjoying the view on Knoydart

    Revel in the remoteness
    Wild camping and hiking in the Scottish Highlands

  • Runners in colourful clothing in bushland

    Heartbreak Hill to the Great Ocean Road
    Six of Australia’s best marathons and fun runs

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Culture

  • Jon Stewart on Trump allegedly falling asleep during the first day of his criminal trial: “Imagine committing so many crimes, you get bored at your own trial.”

    Late-night US TV roundup
    Jon Stewart on Trump’s trial nap: ‘Imagine committing so many crimes, you get bored at your own trial’

  • Pamela Anderson at the premiere of Pamela, a Love Story in January 2023.

    Naked Gun
    Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson to star in remake

    Baywatch star will return to the big screen in the remake of the 80s and 90s crime spoof, directed by the Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer
  • Aerial view of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ new SANAA-designed building, 2022, photo © Iwan Baan

    Art Gallery of NSW
    $344m extension finally named more than a year after opening

    The gallery has been colloquially known as the Sydney Modern or the northern building since it opened in December 2022.
  • Installation image of Hidden Faces

    ‘It’s very playful'
    Inside the world of hidden Renaissance portraits

  • ‘Terrified and trapped’ … American People Series #20: Die, from 1967.

    Take that, Picasso
    The frenzied work by Faith Ringgold that took MoMa by storm

  • ‘All of the instruments on this record are from Jeff’ … Claire Rousay.

    Music
    ‘Gender and sexuality on a spectrum – I started to unravel all of that’: musician Claire Rousay on dating, depression and Jeff Tweedy

  • Festivalgoers at Splendour in the Grass

    Music
    Industry insiders take aim at ‘tick-a-box’ government funding for festivals

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  • Woolworths
    Senate supermarkets inquiry threatens to hold boss Brad Banducci in contempt

    Chair Nick McKim takes issue with CEO’s refusal to disclose company’s return on equity amid claims of price gouging
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

    Bondi Junction stabbing
    Albanese praises French man for confronting attacker with bollard

  • A field of staghorn coral bleached white on the Great Barrier Reef

    Coral stress
    Global heating pushes reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record

    The percentage of reef areas experiencing bleaching-level heat stress is increasing by about 1% a week, scientists say
    • Michael Slater

      Michael Slater
      Former Test cricketer denied bail over domestic violence charges

    • Extinction crisis
      Labor accused of broken promise after delaying laws

    • Queensland
      Parents fear children are being sent back to asbestos-riddled classrooms

    • Retreat death
      Police examine whether mushrooms used in drink before woman died near Ballarat

    • 'Cold-blooded'
      Palestinians were refused Australian visitor visas due to concerns they would not ‘stay temporarily’

    • ‘I published a true story about a rape’
      Lisa Wilkinson hails verdict in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case ruling

    • Bondi Junction stabbings
      Joel Cauchi may have targeted women and children, NSW police say

    • Middle East crisis
      Israel urges Australia to take tougher stance on Iran after missile and drone attack

The rural network

  • Some back yard chooks

    Bird flu
    Back yard chicken owners urged to implement biosecurity measures in case of outbreak

  • Horse archery participant Kimberley Robertson aiming her bow in Hirstglen, Queensland

    ‘It’s not cliquey or judgy'
    Horseback archery draws new riders across Australia

  • Hannah McGuire

    Ballarat has lost another remarkable woman. In this dark time, I recall her enthusiasm and joy

    Dellaram Vreeland
  • A toddler plays with building blocks

    Regional Australia needs health workers and teachers – but it has to have childcare first

    Gabrielle Chan

Around the world

  • Abadan oil refinery in south-west Iran

    Energy
    Middle East conflict risks sharp rise in oil prices, says IMF

  • Ohio Hockey 1

    US
    Man who deflected hockey puck flying directly at boy, 4, hailed as hero

    • Barcelona
      Bus route removed from map apps to tackle tourist overcrowding

    • Winston Churchill
      Study for portrait featured in The Crown goes on show at his old home

    • UK
      High court upholds London state school’s ban on prayer rituals

    • OJ Simpson
      Ford Bronco in 1994 slow-speed police chase goes up for sale

    • Republicans
      Conservative funds hand out millions to pro-Trump far-right groups

    • Donald Trump
      Social media empire to launch streaming platform even as shares fall

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  • An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024.

    Full Story
    Is the Middle East on the brink?

    After Iran launched an attack on Israel, is the region heading for all-out war? Emma Graham-Harrison reports
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    First Dog on the Moon
    Is everything really getting worse – or is it simply old people imagining it?

  • 240416 Bruce Lehrmann defamation verdict thumbnail

    Fiona Katauskas cartoon
    What’s next for Bruce Lehrmann?

  • Guardian Australia reporter Kate Lyons breaks down just how the judgment played out

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    Lehrmann verdict
    How the judgment in the defamation case against Channel Ten unfolded

  • A seven-month-old cheetah in the back of an SUV hisses at a rescuer’s outstretched hand, western Somaliland, 2020

    Photography
    Exploring why we photograph animals

  • Ben Jennings on fears over the perilous game being played between Israel and Iran – cartoon

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    Ben Jennings on fears over the perilous game being played between Israel and Iran

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  • heavily damaged building

    ‘Anything could happen’
    Gaza left hanging while Israel plots response to Iran

    The strikes ordered by Tehran may have bought Palestinians some time ahead of Israel’s planned ground invasion of Rafah
  • Whale trainers

    ‘I’m an endangered species myself’
    The killer whale trainers who still defend captivity

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    A ‘hapless’ Bumble date, Qing dynasty ceramics and the Algonquin round table

  • Civil War is an empty B-movie masquerading as something of substance

    Charles Bramesco

  • Liz Truss has kindly offered to ‘save the west’. But who will save her from her delusions?

    Gaby Hinsliff

  • ‘The city is a jail'
    Haitian journalists get word out about gang violence

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  • A worker sprays water on to the statue of King Sejong in Seoul, Korea.

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    King Sejong and a Dior catwalk

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world

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