TennisAlex de Minaur downs world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz in pre-Australian Open exhibitionAustralian defeats Wimbledon champion 6-4, 5-7, 10-3De Minaur beat Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev last weekAlex de Minaur is urging to home fans to “bring the noise” after adding Spanish wunderkind Carlos Alcaraz to his growing list of prized pre-Australian Open victories.
A near-capacity crowd almost raised the roof at Rod Laver Arena while celebrating De Minaur’s electrifying exhibition win over the world No 2 and reigning Wimbledon champion on Wednesday night. Read More...
Elizabeth Debicki: ‘I never expected to work on screen.’ Photograph: Gustavo Papaleo/The Guardian. Shirt, cosstores.comShe stole the show in The Night Manager: now Debicki is taking centre stage
by Tom LamontA number of competing bars have been built into the outer bulwark of the National Theatre in London, and when she emerges from rehearsals one night in September the Australian actor Elizabeth Debicki – animated, adamant, 6ft 3in – hesitates. Which bar? Read More...
The ObserverHistory booksReviewIan Black brings a fresh perspective to one of the most closely studied conflicts on Earth, unpacking its complexities with clarity and candour
In 2015 a BBC2 documentary, Children of the Gaza War, brought a flurry of complaints. One of the Palestinian children interviewed said in Arabic that “the Jews” are killing Palestinians. However, the English subtitles translated this as “Israel is massacring us”. Many Jewish and Israel-supporting viewers accused the BBC of intentionally downplaying Palestinian antisemitism. Read More...