Five Great Reads: Brisbane family man’s hidden past, Jonathan Liew on Sam Kerr, and how Farnesy became the Voice

William Leslie Arnold’s escape from prison in 1967 was one of the ‘cleanest’ the prison warden said he’d experienced. Photograph: US Marshals Service

Happy weekend and welcome back to Five Great Reads, in which Imogen Dewey and I take turns scouring the length and breadth of the Guardian’s worldwide reporting … and sometimes end up right back where we started.

This week’s selection has a distinctly local flavour – by way of a legendary New York rapper, England’s most famous stadium, and Scotland’s questionable addition to the world of musical instruments. Read on, and if you have any thoughts on this week’s selection don’t be afraid to make a noise and make it clear.