New Kids on the Block Gyms Australia: F45, The Yard and BFT
Everyone had a mate who swore by F45, until boutique studios and 24-hour gyms arrived. Here is where F45, The Yard and BFT each stand now, and what has changed.
Culture
Culture stories that matter, from the trends shaping Australia to the moments defining the wider world. We cover it with substance, skipping the fluff pieces for what's actually worth your attention.
Hosting Halloween: A Nostalgic Party Guide for Grown-Ups
Skip the trick or treating and throw the Halloween party of your youth: the soundtrack, the canapes, the lollies and the costumes, all in one grown-up night.
Girls Weekend Away Too Pricey? Be a Tourist in Your Own City
The weekend away is slipping out of reach, so here is a planned escape that will get you out and about without blowing the budget.
Equimillion: Giving Retired Racehorses a Second Chance
Equimillion's $1 million prize pool for retired Thoroughbreds wraps up today in Sydney. Entries are up 24 per cent, and the ex-racehorses are proving they have plenty left to give.
Why Everyone's Buying a Film Camera Again
A generation raised on unlimited digital photos is buying disposable film cameras instead. It's not nostalgia, it's a reaction to it.
Why Everyone's Saying "2026 Is The New 2016"
Flower crown filters, Dubsmash and Chainsmokers songs are back. Here's why "2026 is the new 2016" took over everyone's feed, and why it won't stop soon.
Our Top 10 Dog Breeds, Ranked - And What Yours Says About You
We ranked Australia's ten most popular dog breeds and worked out what each one actually reveals about the person holding the lead.
Sydney Contemporary 2026: Inside a Record-Breaking 10th Edition
Sydney Contemporary's 10th edition drew a record 26,813 visitors to Carriageworks. We look back at the standout moments, the numbers, and what a decade of growth means for Australia's art scene.
Fatimah Hossaini's "The Beauty Amid War" Is This Season's Most Striking Photography Show
Shown at New York's Unique Fashion Show, this series turns portraiture into a meditation on heritage, resilience and Afghan identity.
Asa Butterfield takes on killer garden gnomes in Stan's new horror-comedy Gnomes, out 8 October
Stan's Victorian-made horror-comedy Gnomes, starring Asa Butterfield and Megan Smart, premieres on 8 October 2026, and it has already been sold to Disney+ in the UK and Ireland.
London Design Festival Is Proof the City's Creative Scene Isn't Slowing Down
From William Klein retrospectives to London Sculpture Week, the festival is turning the whole city into an exhibition space this September.
Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette Gets Its 20th-Anniversary Moment at Versailles
Twenty years on, Coppola's most divisive film gets its ultimate victory lap: an exhibition staged in the actual palace it was filmed in.