If the US vice-presidential debate was refreshingly civil, the candidates avoided much discussion of domestic and ...

Israel correspondent for The Economist Anshel Pfeffer on where the Middle East is headed, and how, or if, the fighting can end. One year on from the October 7 attacks against Israel, the region is ...

Henry James is reputed to have said that when you tell a dream, you lose a reader. I’ve never been convinced of that view. But then, I grew up on the vision stories of the Old Testament: Jacob ...

Special correspondent for The Saturday Paper Jason Koutsoukis, on why the national strategy on counterterrorism has collapsed – and what it means for our safety. There’s a greater than 50 per cent ...

Five women artists come together to challenge the traditional art world’s understanding of “emotional” as female Art, of course, is language, but Mithu Sen is unusually mouthy for a visual artist.

A postcard from the Toronto International Film Festival, where an adaptation of the author’s novel ‘Addition’ is premiered It’s almost like being in my teens again, when the lights dim and a hush ...

Adam Elliot’s latest claymation feature tells the melancholy story of fostered siblings and a lonely life of hoarding Sometimes it feels as though every Australian film is a coming-of-age story.

The English novelist’s latest dark masterpiece begins with the talented, queer, working-class protagonist invited to his sponsors’ country estate Dave Win, the half-Burmese, working-class protagonist ...

An Iranian film about a widow defying post-revolution restrictions and finding love, and Demi Moore in a body-horror film aimed at unreal beauty standards “When will they leave us be?” asks Mahin ...

Sarah Manguso’s novel about a woman staying in a terrible relationship seems resigned to male dominance, while Vigdis Hjorth’s gets at more complex realities Novel one: Jane is a writer; John, an ...

The reality TV series following a group of Utah “mom influencers” tending to their brands after a swingers scandal makes for uneven entertainment From Bravo’s delightfully unhinged Real Housewives of ...