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The most unbearable sound in the world? It’s silence

The most unbearable sound in the world? It’s silence

Forget peace and quiet. Give me peace and loud.

  • by Robert Moran

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I had a miscarriage, but I couldn’t find the words to tell my mother

I had a miscarriage, but I couldn’t find the words to tell my mother

My mother’s dominant and exclusive language is Mandarin, a language for which I possess the vocabulary of a 10-year-old native speaker.

  • by Jessie Tu
Eight great new reads to soak up in the sunshine

Eight great new reads to soak up in the sunshine

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recently published fiction and non-fiction.

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
The Wild Robot is being hailed as the next E.T. For Lupita Nyong’o, it was relief to have cameras off

The Wild Robot is being hailed as the next E.T. For Lupita Nyong’o, it was relief to have cameras off

The award-winning actor has played dramatically diverse roles through her career. But this one - in a rich, textural animation winning critical acclaim - she found the space to work in a whole new way.

  • by Michael Idato
The greatest year in Australian music? No question, it was 2008

The greatest year in Australian music? No question, it was 2008

It was the year local music pivoted away from pub anthems and alt-rock. So why have 2008’s best breakouts been forgotten?

  • by Tom W. Clarke
It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

The freelancer was shocked to find that the search engine had conflated him with a dead physicist.

  • by David Astle
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I don’t see myself as hard-working: Romesh Ranganathan

I don’t see myself as hard-working: Romesh Ranganathan

The British comedian might be one of the busiest stand-ups in the business, but he doesn’t consider his job “work”.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
This spy novel is really not bad, but why was it written?

This spy novel is really not bad, but why was it written?

There’s a feeling of deja vu in William Boyd’s new espionage novel set in Africa during the Cold War.

  • by Malcolm Knox
Calamity grounded these US folk icons, but now they’re heading our way

Calamity grounded these US folk icons, but now they’re heading our way

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were feeling doubly cursed, but a new album is taking them back on the road.

  • by Michael Dwyer
Hijacked train drama almost goes off the rails, but fury keeps it on track

Hijacked train drama almost goes off the rails, but fury keeps it on track

Nightsleeper is a decent enough thriller, but what really makes this BBC six-part series interesting is its anger at the state of Britain.

  • by Karl Quinn
Can I spring-clean my brain? I don’t need to know Australian explorers

Can I spring-clean my brain? I don’t need to know Australian explorers

It would be a Marie Kondo clean-up for my head.

  • by Richard Glover