Good morning, happy Friday and welcome to Five Great Reads, your weekday, summertime wrap of intriguing interviews, incisive analysis and, today at least, Beach Boys tracks. I’m Alyx Gorman, lifestyle editor of Guardian Australia, and I’m here to Do It Again until Summer’s Almost Gone.
If you’d rather be reading the news as it unfolds, our live blog is the place for that and if you’re after day two of the Women’s Ashes, we’ve got live coverage of that too. Meanwhile, if you’re looking for something to binge-watch this weekend, Sian Cain suggests Alone, which sounds awful but is actually brilliant. Now, let’s get reading.
