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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Imogen Dewey

Five Great Reads: mafia-adjacent snails, the first Aboriginal bilingual school in NSW, and the best songs of 2025

Terry Ball - out of focus holding snails in close up
Terry Ball – with snails – at L’Escargotiere HQ in Ribchester. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian

Good morning – 19 sleeps till Christmas!

Ah, December, time of ham (taste tests), cricket (Ashes Tests), the return of the bird theory (a relationship test), and all the year-in-review content a heart could want. First up in this week’s great reads, in fact …

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