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Five Great Reads: a week without ultra-processed foods, props for the prop masters, and the Old Believers who time forgot

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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David and Victoria Beckham learned the hard way – modern kids go ‘no contact’ with no guilt or stigma at all

No one is suggesting the sort of decision Brooklyn made is taken lightly, but support networks and the language of therapy seem to lessen the sting, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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After the shooting of Renee Good, we see dissent can be fatal in Trump’s America – all bets are off

A line has been crossed, and it’s vital to understand that. A system that sends paramilitaries on to the streets will observe no limits, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Want to scare a Hollywood star? Just set up a fundraiser in their name

More horrifying to a celebrity than any scandal is having the public believe they’re down on their luck. Just ask Mickey Rourke, says Emma Brockes

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At the turn of the year, I’m facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks

At 50, I find myself in a gazing-up-at-trees phase. What does it all mean? It’s not completely clear – but it’s certainly bothering my kids, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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How many big names have paid the price for being linked to Jeffrey Epstein? Fewer than you might think

Remarkably, most of the men connected to the convicted sex offender have barely experienced any fallout. That says as much as the scandal itself, says Emma Brockes

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Watch Simon Cowell’s TV search for a new boyband – and see how our world has changed

Twenty years on, the social media-savvy contestants will have greater power. His brutal approach to judging them will have to change, too, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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At last, TV about influencers that isn’t cringe – I Love LA is my show of the year

It gets into its twentysomething characters’ heads in a way that’s fresh and real. You either get it, or you don’t, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Every time new emails drop, elites do the Epstein shuffle: ‘Yes I knew him, but I didn’t KNOW him’

For the New York and Washington great and good who loved the company of wealth and power, all that glitters is no longer gold, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Should I care what Sarah Jessica Parker thinks about books?

She swept all before her at the Booker prize ceremony, but I’m running out of patience with celebrity influence in publishing, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Zohran Mamdani’s biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it’s the Democratic old guard

The New York mayor-elect sells a political message further to the left than any American politician has dared to in recent memory, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Trump is often angry but rarely hurt – yet Canada has managed to pull it off

Why has an ad quoting Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs triggered such a reaction from the president, asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Big? Beautiful? Donald Trump is literally ripping apart the home of US democracy. Is anyone really surprised?

Demolition work has begun on part of the White House’s East Wing to make way for the president’s ballroom. Truly, these are post-satirical times, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Trump hates this ‘super bad’ photo of him in Time magazine. I almost feel sympathy … almost

This is a man who once mocked the movements of a disabled reporter, so we’ll take what schadenfreude we can get, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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I never thought I’d say this, but I now understand the appeal of home schooling

More and more parents in England are opting their kids out of the education system. I could never do it, but ‘wellbeing days’ do sound nice, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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There were two paths for America and Lilith Fair was one of them. Sadly it chose the other

The all-female music festival from the 90s was a counterpoint to that era’s misogyny. Trump’s US could do with some of that hope and promise today, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir has raised eyebrows – but she always comes out on top

A new tale from the longtime purveyor of self-love is both horrific and poorly done, and nobody’s sure how to respond, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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I quit the US and Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long

I was the envy of the friends I’d left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root here, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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As the Epstein case shows, Trump’s Maga faithful care about only one kind of sex-crime victim

E Jean Carroll won her case, but in Trumpland the only sex offences that matter are committed by paedophiles with links to Democrats, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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The kids are back – and so it’s time for my new school year’s resolutions

Now that summer’s over, I will stop eating cake every day, I will do a charity shop drop off, I will clean out the fridge. Promise, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Of course Mark Zuckerberg is still doing good works – he’s just switched up the definition of ‘good’

Who has the time to help underprivileged children when you have a pickleball court and a president to attend to? asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Worried about your child’s screentime? Get a landline

A group of parents in Maine were wary of buying smartphones for their 10-year-olds – and took a drastic step, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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So Ellen has fled Trump’s US for a ‘simpler’ life in the Cotswolds. Nice if you have the money, don’t you think?

You can’t blame DeGeneres for wanting to escape a toxic atmosphere. But she is of the exalted class who can buy themselves out of a bind, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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I hate to be the scowling lesbian at the feast – but here’s what worries me about the new Austen adaptations

I love Jane Austen. But a fresh revival of the idea that what a woman needs most is to marry a man is the last thing we need, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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At US summer camps, kids get a glimpse of their future. That’s what made the horror in Texas so visceral

Camps are a rite of passage for American parents and children. That’s why the tragedy at Camp Mystic was intimately imaginable, writes Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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