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‘They’ve taken all my stuff’: councils across Australia threaten homeless people with fines and confiscation of belongings

As homelessness surges, councils have been thrust to the frontline of managing the crisis

The Guardian - AU

Marty Supreme, Watergate, and menopausal punk-rock rage: what to stream in May

Along with a drop in temperatures, May brings plenty of new streaming options, whether you’re after some classic American political drama, or some local family TV you can enjoy with the kids.

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ABC’s Caper Crew delivers heists and heart – a bright spot in a struggling kids’ TV sector

Australian kids’ TV shows are now few and far between. During the pandemic, the Australian government scrapped decades-old quotas for minimum hours of children’s content to try and bail out flailing commercial television networks. They were never reinstated.

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Small Island review – Windrush epic speaks to our era with startling clarity

Featuring stellar performances across the cast, Matthew Xia’s production breathes new life into Andrea Levy’s sprawling family saga

The Guardian - UK

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: Call it a meh-sical

3/5 This musical at Theatre Royal Haymarket has two loveable leads but it all feels a little thin

Evening Standard

The A-Z Of Australian Artists You Need To Get In Your Ear Holes This Instant: Part 3

It's time to Ausify your playlists.

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Big Girls Don't Cry: Black joy celebrated in debut play

Inspired by the playwright's grandmother and aunties, Big Girls Don't Cry explores the power of joy amidst the political movements and racism of the 1960s.

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A Tupperware of Ashes review: Muddled Alzheimer’s play is well-acted, but a tough slog

Tanika Gupta’s play follows a mother whose mind is disintegrating as her children rally around

The Independent UK

‘If audiences are crying, I’ve done my job’: closing the stories of a generation of British south Asians

Actors Meera Syal and Shobna Gulati, with playwright Tanika Gupta, explain how their National Theatre production springs from the anguish of losing their mothers

The Guardian - UK

Family sues after police tasering leads to man's death

The mother of a mentally ill man who died after being tasered, pepper sprayed and handcuffed by the cops has sued over alleged police and healthcare failings.

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Queenie is a rejection of the ‘strong Black woman’ stereotype – and a celebration of ‘messy’ quarter life

Reviews of Channel 4’s new sitcom, Queenie, are divided. The good reviews have praised the show’s authenticity, while the negative ones have called it “crude” and “bland”. Having watched the show, I wonder if the real problem is that reviewers have expected the show to deliver on every count –…

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TV tonight: the woman who survived her husband’s parachute murder plot

Victoria Cilliers tells her astonishing story. Plus: series two of Tokyo Vice bows out with a plan to bring down Tozawa. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Becoming Karl Lagerfeld; Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate; D-Day: The Unheard Tapes; Queenie – review

High-end fashion is awash with passion in Disney’s absurdly glamorous drama; the first leaders’ debate proves a waste of time; an oral history of D-day works brilliantly; and Candice Carty-Williams’s heroine has men trouble

The Guardian - UK

Family sues pet sitters after beloved dog, Queenie, drowns in pool while they were away on vacation

‘I feel like I almost have a moral obligation to get the word out,’ dog owner Rebecca Duke said

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Queenie pays tribute to young artist who tragically died in Grenfell Tower

Khadija Saye was on the cusp of recognition when she was killed in the infamous fire

The Independent UK

Queenie review: Bitingly funny adaptation lives up to the brilliant book

Candice Carty-Williams’ novel, hailed as the Black British answer to ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’, is brought to life on Channel 4

Evening Standard

Queenie's Candice Carty-Williams on her new C4 show: 'It’s amazing to watch, I’ve cried a lot on this'

Carty-Williams and the show’s star Dionne Brown on bringing the bestseller to the screen

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Dionne Brown teases playing Queenie Jenkins in the adaptation of the best-selling novel

Queenie star Dionne Brown on playing the South London millennial who captured the hearts of readers and became a literary phenomenon

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TV tonight: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer go head to head in first televised debate

The leaders of the UK’s two main parties slug it out in the pre-election debates. Plus: Dionne Brown is sharp in new comedy Queenie. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines review – from best man to muckraker

In this ‘director’s cut’ of their 1983 book, which Paul McCartney burned, a former Beatles employee and a music writer appear preoccupied with stirring up scandal around the band’s split

Evening Standard

The biggest spring TV shows: our must-see picks, from Ripley to Queenie

From big-budget romps to high-octane thrillers, and with star performances from Colin Farrell, Gillian Anderson and Ncuti Gatwa, Vicky Jessop rounds up the shows everyone (except Prince Andrew) is looking forward to

The Guardian - US

Monkey Man review – Dev Patel’s directorial debut is a gory descent into darkness

The actor takes the lead both in front of and behind the camera in an impressive and ambitious, if a little unwieldy, revenge thriller

Evening Standard

10 of the best books about heartbreak

Take a literary dose of self-love with a chaser of sadness and fury

Evening Standard

Is American Fiction true to life? Yes, and our publishing industry has a big problem with Black writers too

In the Oscar-nominated satire, a Black author is appalled when his ‘ghetto’ spoof is a bestseller - but British writers tell us that in publishing, if they don’t want to write about trauma, they struggle to be heard

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Circus flips into Melbourne with elephants and acrobats

A show celebrating the golden age of Circus brings extraordinary acrobatics and giant elephant puppets to Arts Centre Melbourne.

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