Plus: Your summer reading sorted
| | | | The story behind the world's most controversial drink |
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| Few drinks have a reputation like absinthe.
Banned in some countries for almost a century, the drink was supposedly a source of madness and crime. It was even blamed for artist Vincent van Gogh chopping off his ear.
But while author and absinthe aficionado Evan Rail says there's a lot of bluster around the drink, that doesn't make its history any less interesting.
Read the full story in our online article.
Then, hear from our book experts on the latest reads to get your hands on over summer.
From a stranger-than-fiction memoir from Lech Blaine to a deep dive into the boundary-pushing work of David Cronenberg, there's something here for everyone. |
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| Absinthe was once banned in some countries. It's back on shelves, but still courting controversy. | | | |
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| A jury found NSW police officer Kristian White guilty of manslaughter after he tasered a 95-year-old woman at an aged care home. So how did we get here? | | | |
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| Thai-born Australian ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa transforms strangers' broken treasures in a new exhibition set to tour nationally. | | | |
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| Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money, from coins in Republican Greece to today's cryptocurrency and beyond. | | | |
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| With her debut movie Your Monster, American filmmaker Caroline Lindy takes a traumatic and formative experience and turns it into a charming and monstrous rom-com. | | | |
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| As Donald Trump names more controversial figures for his second-term administration, Democrats are wondering how they lost to such an unorthodox figure. | | | |
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| The Crutchy Push gang ruled the streets of North Melbourne for 10 years from late 1890s. The reason for their curious name? All the members were amputees. | | | |
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| If you're looking to stack up your summer reading pile, here's an excellent starting point, with new releases from Rosalie Ham, Lech Blaine, Haruki Murakami and more. | | | |
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| Hear from artists Dr Bronwyn Bancroft, Kyra Kum Sing and Kylie Caldwell as they discuss what Blak success looks like in a capitalist world. | | | |
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| Our book experts discuss Will Self's Elaine, The City and its Uncertain Walls — the much anticipated new novel by Haruki Murakami — and Rosalia Aguilar Solace's The Great Library of Tomorrow. | | |
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