Features, explainers and long-form stories from across Australia.
Few actors have carved out a presence as unmistakably rugged and dry as Tommy Lee Jones. Born in a small Texas town and educated at Harvard, he traded football pads for film scripts and built a career that spans decades, Oscars, and some of Hollywood’s most iconic roles. This article traces his path from San … Read more
After 18 seasons and more than 300 games, Callan Ward has hung up his boots—but he isn’t leaving the game behind. He retired from professional AFL in August 2025 following an ACL injury, closing his career with 327 games and a legacy as one of the most respected players at GWS. This article covers how … Read more
Swapping a rugby jersey for a costume fitted for a knight is an unusual career pivot, but this is exactly the path Peter Claffey has taken: born in Portumna, County Galway on 28 July 1996, the Irish actor and former professional rugby union player has moved from the pitch to the screen with roles in … Read more
If you’ve spent any time on social media around Wednesday fans, you’ve probably seen the same questions pop up again and again: does Emma Myers have a twin? Does she have cerebral palsy? The internet loves a good mystery, but the reality is far simpler. Emma Myers, breakout star of Netflix’s Wednesday, is a 22-year-old … Read more
Fans who fell for Enid Sinclair’s colorful personality in Wednesday often find themselves curious about the actor behind the claws. Emma Myers brought the werewolf best friend to life with such energy that it’s sparked countless questions about her own life — from who she’s dating to whether she has a twin. This guide sorts … Read more
Few names from antiquity carry as much baggage as Attila the Hun. For centuries, Roman chroniclers painted him as a bloodthirsty brute — the “Scourge of God” — but the real man behind the legend was a cunning strategist who held two empires hostage, a figure whose ethnicity, language, and legacy remain contested. Reign: 434–453 … Read more
There are few voices in folk rock as unmistakable as Art Garfunkel’s — for decades, his soaring tenor anchored the sound of Simon & Garfunkel, but behind the harmonies came a story of vocal struggles, a fractured partnership, and a life that kept him in the public eye for reasons beyond music. This guide cuts … Read more
Every AC/DC fan can pick the band’s drum sound out of a two-second drumroll — but fewer know the story of the man behind it. Phil Rudd’s career has been a long, loud loop of leaving and returning, and his 2015 legal case in New Zealand briefly put him on front pages worldwide. Here’s the … Read more
Few artists have changed the way we see color quite like Henri Matisse. Born in northern France in 1869, he started as a law clerk before a bout of appendicitis set him on a path that would reshape modern art—a career marked by bold experimentation, rivalry with Picasso, and a surprising late-life pivot to paper … Read more
You’ve probably heard of Wuthering Heights — that wild, stormy novel everyone read in school and either loved or hated. But its author, Emily Brontë, remains almost as enigmatic as the characters she created. She wrote only one novel, died at just 30, and left behind more questions than answers about her own life and … Read more