04-30 If you’re a fan of laughing, you should invest in Australian comedy – take my (and Nick Offerman’s) word for it Rebecca Shaw (www.theguardian.com)
04-30 ‘I did receive bottles on stage. There might have been urine’: Melanie C on Spice Girls mania, impostor syndrome and her date with a Chili Pepper (www.theguardian.com)
04-30 It once hosted Eric and Ernie and a boxing kangaroo – now it’s all pigeons and decay. How did Hulme Hippodrome fall so low? (www.theguardian.com)
04-30 Bondi royal commission: Australia’s ‘counter-terrorism capability’ should be bolstered in wake of terror attack, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
04-29 The missing Ukrainian reporter, the Russian prison – and a vital lesson learned about journalism in a dangerous age Laurent Richard (www.theguardian.com)