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In a hushed room, personal testimonies reveal Australia’s troubling rise in antisemitismIn a hushed room, personal testimonies reveal Australia’s troubling rise in antisemitism

This week, Jewish Australians have spoken about how displays of hostility, discrimination and the Bondi terror attack have changed their lives and their feelings about their place in the community The narrow benches of the public gallery are filled. They have come from all over to offer their testimony, to ...

‘I told his family he was HIV positive’: Keith Haring’s best friend on life with the artist as unseen works go on show‘I told his family he was HIV positive’: Keith Haring’s best friend on life with the artist as unseen works go on show

For nearly four decades, the artist Kermit Oswald lived with some of the most intimate works Haring ever made. Now the pieces are going up for auction The story of how Keith Haring came to paint a crib began on a quiet, ordinary afternoon in 1986. His best friend’s wife ...

I didn’t think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I’m not aloneI didn’t think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I’m not alone

There are misconceptions about the addictiveness of cannabis and many users are struggling with dependency Amy knew it wasn’t great. But there she was, at the bottom of a dumpster, desperately searching for the THC vape cartridge she’d thrown away just hours earlier. Amy, 18, had previously tossed that same ...

The 26 best Mother’s Day deals actually worth your (and your mom’s) timeThe 26 best Mother’s Day deals actually worth your (and your mom’s) time

From a faux fur throw blanket to a massage gun, here are some practical and exciting gifts that celebrate all moms The 23 best Mother’s Day gifts, according to moms, grandmas and one great-grandmother Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things Mother’s ...

Military force has got the US nowhere with Iran – here is what a realistic negotiation would look like | Christopher S ChivvisMilitary force has got the US nowhere with Iran – here is what a realistic negotiation would look like | Christopher S Chivvis

Making a deal means the US finding a position that doesn’t threaten the Iranian regime’s survival. The alternative is a prolonged and damaging stalemate After months of war, the US has struggled mightily to compel Iran to restore stable passage through the strait of Hormuz, let alone accept Washington’s core ...

‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and other southern states stun residents with all-out charge to redraw congressional maps to favor white voters after supreme court ruling The reaction speed of southern states to the US supreme court’s decision last week in Louisiana v Callais has been breathtaking for voting rights activists. One ...

Guillermo del Toro: ‘When you see a UFO, it causes a crack. The mystery of the universe rushes towards you’Guillermo del Toro: ‘When you see a UFO, it causes a crack. The mystery of the universe rushes towards you’

The great Mexican director is in England to pick up a BFI fellowship – and buy a haunted house. He talks gods, ghosts, monsters and almost being destroyed by the Weinsteins When Guillermo del Toro goes to the cinema, he buys three seats. “I’m an expansive fellow,” he says, occupying ...