Sydney Comedy Festival 2024:our guide to the best laughs

Sydney Comedy Festival 2024:our guide to the best laughs

The Sydney International Comedy Festival kicks off on April 22. Here’s a preview of what you could bring your nan to and when best to leave her at home.

  • byDaniel Herborn

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Running rings around the Allowance​​ Act
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Running rings around the Allowance​​ Act

Light years from Labrador.

Failing to get off scot-free
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Failing to get off scot-free

Kilty as charged.

A chip off the old flock
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A chip off the old flock

Baa humbug!

Historic former bank exudes homey opulence as luxury hotel

Historic former bank exudes homey opulence as luxury hotel

Banks once advertised their wealth by way of grandiose architecture and opulent interiors. And boy,does this Edinburgh property make for a jaw-dropping canvas.

  • byPenny Watson
World of photos,January 13,2024
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World of photos,January 13,2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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Mary,Queen of Scots? You have to be kidding

Mary,Queen of Scots? You have to be kidding

Not content with their own royal family,British newspapers are trying to claim Denmark’s next queen,Crown Princess Mary,as one of their own.

  • byRob Harris
Altruism north of the border
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Altruism north of the border

Loch that offer in.

Why a pro golfer risks his million-dollar career to play this ‘feisty’ sport

Why a pro golfer risks his million-dollar career to play this ‘feisty’ sport

Scotland’s Bobby MacIntyre juggles a big-money golf career with the hectic highland sport of shinty. Picture Cameron Smith playing rugby league in his spare time.

  • byIain Payten
Minister says sons ran up $21k bill on parliamentary iPad on holiday,not him

Minister says sons ran up $21k bill on parliamentary iPad on holiday,not him

The Scottish health secretary’s claim he was unaware his sons were watching football has been ridiculed after it emerged he has been a VIP guest at Celtic multiple times.

  • bySimon Johnson
Scotland’s first vertical distillery is a must-visit in Edinburgh

Scotland’s first vertical distillery is a must-visit in Edinburgh

The only way is up for this newbie on Edinburgh’s reborn waterfront which now has the country’s first vertical whisky distillery.

  • bySteve McKenna