Portrait photographer and artist Polly Borland said she had a ‘really hard slog’ when she decamped from Melbourne to London in the late 80s. Photograph: Eugene HylandPortrait photographer and artist Polly Borland said she had a ‘really hard slog’ when she decamped from Melbourne to London in the late 80s. Photograph: Eugene HylandPhotographyAs the LA-based Melbourne artist’s surreal photographs grace Australian galleries, she talks selfies, Nick Cave and shooting the Queen The group of friends would go on to become some of Australia’s most important artists, film-makers and musicians.
10 of the bestPop and rockFrontman Phil Lynott’s biographer charts the band’s rapid progress from melodic heartfelt ballads to raw, thunderous rock’n’roll
1. DublinDuring his apprenticeship as the singer in Dublin bands the Black Eagles, Skid Row and Orphanage, Philip Lynott almost exclusively sang other people’s material. When he made his first forays into composition, the results were more Astral Weeks than Waiting for An Alibi: on early songs such as Dublin, Saga of the Ageing Orphan, Remembering and Shades of a Blue Orphanage, he reimagined his home city with the same impressionistic nostalgia Van Morrison used to conjure up postwar Belfast.
Tupac Shakur This article is more than 6 years oldTupac letter claims race issues caused breakup with MadonnaThis article is more than 6 years oldIn a letter written from prison the same year as his death, the rapper suggests Madonna’s race was problematic for his career, leading to the couple’s split
A newly unearthed letter penned by rapper Tupac Shakur reveals personal details of his relationship with Madonna, explaining how their eventual split was prompted by racial tensions.
Victoria This article is more than 5 months oldVictorian woman at centre of suspected mushroom poisoning says she also went to hospital after eating mealThis article is more than 5 months oldErin Patterson tells police she bought the fungi from a supermarket chain and an Asian grocery store
Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The woman at the centre of a suspected mushroom poisoning in Victoria has given police her account of the lunch, saying she also went to hospital after eating the meal and that she had bought the fungi from two stores.
Republicans 'You're just scum': Haley and Ramaswamy clash in fiery Republican debate – video The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and other foreign policy issues dominated Wednesday’s third debate of Republican presidential hopefuls in Miami. The debate – which was missing Donald Trump, the favourite for the party’s 2024 run, who was hosting a private rally elsewhere in the area – was more bitter than previous debates, in Wisconsin and California.
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Book of the dayHistory booksReviewFrom the oak of its timbers to a watery grave off Rhode Island, this is an engaging account of Captain Cook’s vessel
Endeavour was the ship that Captain Cook sailed to Australia and New Zealand on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771. Endeavour, Peter Moore argues in this ambitious exploration, was also the word that best captured the spirit of the age. Britain, in the second half of the 18th century, “was consumed by the impulse for grand projects, undertaken at speed”.
Wiley Lane, Helen Maria Chesnutt, William Sanders Scarborough, John Wesley Edward Bowen, John Wesley Gilbert, Frazelia Campbell, William Henry Crogman, Reuben Shannon Lovinggood, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Lewis Baxter Moore, Richard Theodore Greener, George Morton Lightfoot, Daniel Barclay Williams, James Monroe Gregory and William Lewis Bulkley. Photograph: Howars UniversityView image in fullscreenWiley Lane, Helen Maria Chesnutt, William Sanders Scarborough, John Wesley Edward Bowen, John Wesley Gilbert, Frazelia Campbell, William Henry Crogman, Reuben Shannon Lovinggood, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Lewis Baxter Moore, Richard Theodore Greener, George Morton Lightfoot, Daniel Barclay Williams, James Monroe Gregory and William Lewis Bulkley.
‘Bolton bakes best bagel? My butt’ … Robert De Niro in the Warburtons TV ad. Photograph: Gary Salter/Warburtons/PA‘Bolton bakes best bagel? My butt’ … Robert De Niro in the Warburtons TV ad. Photograph: Gary Salter/Warburtons/PARobert De NiroPeddling bread on the mean streets of Bolton seems to suit the Hollywood star. Take note, Scorsese
You will be reading a lot this week about the death of Robert De Niro’s career. You will see stills from his newest role in a Warburtons bread commercial, and they will all be accompanied by doom-laden hand-wringing about the fall of a once unbeatable actor.
Media MonkeyUS television industry This article is more than 10 years oldSouth Park: Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Connor twerk it outThis article is more than 10 years oldWrecking Ball star and Irish singer spoofed by plot featuring kids' TV entertainer who's told to stop her raunchy behaviourSouth Park has spoofed the spat between Sinead O'Connor and Miley Cyrus in its latest episode. The two singers had a spat after O'Connor wrote an open letter to the younger star warning her against allowing the music industry to "