WE all know that coronavirus can leave some people with dreaded long Covid. But now, researchers have discovered the bug can leave sufferers with a potentially deadly complication. While relatively rare, British experts have warned Covid-19 increases the risk of life-threatening blood clots – for at least a year after infection. Blood clots can cause […]

When you’re ready to start a family you often have a million questions – and you want the answers right away. While doctors can respond to most medical queries, there are some outcomes that can’t be predicted – or so we thought. Fortune-tellers have been prophesying our futures for centuries and there’s now a growing […]

In “Patrick and the Whale,” director and editor Mark Fletcher explores an area not often examined by wildlife filmmakers: the emotional connections that bind sperm whales and their ability not only to communicate to one another, but also, seemingly, to humans. Produced by Austria’s Terra Mater Studios and screening in the Zurich Film Festival’s Focus […]

MENTAL health problems are a growing concern among young people. Across the world mental health issues among young people are thought to be one of the leading causes of disability, suicide and disease. A new study has revealed that millions of teens are currently struggling to cope with their mental health and social pressures. The poll of […]

“The Woodcutter Story,” a Finnish drama with a surreal touch, has been sold to Australia (Palace Films), Baltics (Estinfilm), Sweden (Njuta), Germany (Eksystent) and France (Urban), Paris-based Totem Films shared exclusively with Variety. Directed by Mikko Myllylahti, it sees a good man who runs into bad luck: he loses his job and his wife leaves, […]

Taking an overly respectful and frankly miscalculated approach to its source materials — the 2003 roman à clef novel and the 2006 Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway-starring film — the new musical version of “The Devil Wears Prada,” now trying out in Chicago ahead of a projected Broadway run, provides some serviceable entertainment but needs […]

Play School host John Hamblin died on Tuesday, aged 87. The much-loved presenter graced the ABC’s screens as a presenter on the children’s show for almost three decades and is recognised by generations of Australians as one of its most memorable hosts. Hamblin made his debut on the show in 1970 and appeared in more […]

When visiting our friends on the other side of the pond, we realise there's a lot they have that we don't. For example, the famous 7-Eleven store is a chain we adore when travelling to the US but it doesn't yet exist in the UK. Now one man has revealed the store he's fallen in […]

Ruan Sims is a former rugby league player and current commentator. She was the first woman to receive a player contract in the NRLW, and played both rugby league and rugby union for Australia. You’re a commentator and very involved with rugby league at all levels, but you’re also a firefighter. How do you fit […]

YOU WON’T BE ALONE ★★★(MA) 108 minutes Kneeling in the dark while a fire flickers behind her, a peasant woman (Irena Ristic) pleads for the life of her infant daughter – a tempting morsel for their unwelcome guest, a hideously scarred witch known as Old Maid Maria (Anamaria Marinca). “I’ll bring you other babies! Girls […]