Brat summer down under: Charli xcx to headline 2025 Laneway festival lineup
British pop star will perform in Australia and New Zealand next February, along with Beabadoobee, Skegss, Clairo and Barry Can’t Swim
Spotlight
When is it time for an older doctor to hang up their stethoscope? We owe it to our patients to get it right
Ranjana Srivastava
A doctors’ ability to provide sound patient care diminishes with age. We need a comprehensive, fair and respectful way of assessing fitness to practice
Stream team
Wag the Dog: a pitch-black political comedy that’s never looked more relevant
Full Story podcast
Could the crisis in the Middle East reshape Australian politics?
Political editor Karen Middleton tells Reged Ahmad how differing views of the Israel-Gaza war have percolated up into our political debate
The Guardian picture essay
Sumba’s sandalwood ponies
The small, resilient horses are more than just working animals – they are cultural symbols
Satisfactory, the factory-building game so compelling it has invaded my dreams
Patrick Lum
Food
Supermarket ginger beer taste test: ‘It’s the Sunrise breakfast TV of the soft drink aisle’
Headline act
Sarah Blasko: ‘I’m still a recovering Christian. I had to remodel my brain to be here and enjoy life’
Sexual healing
No matter how hard he tries, my boyfriend can’t find my G-spot
Bake, mash or mush: ways to fall in love with unloved beans
There are myriad ways to give beans a bit of love – mush them into a sauce for tacos, use them instead of mashed spuds, stick them in a pie, or bake them into a crunchy snack