Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey
ood morning, time is speeding away like a slippery ferret . What if you could make it stand still, by reading something fascinating on the Guardian? Stash yourStanley Mawa, 57, a porter, carries election material as he crosses a root bridge to reach a remote polling station, ahead of the first phase of the Indian election, in Shillong in the north-eastern state of Meghalaya.
“Writing these words is a halting, painful process, like stepping on shards of broken glass.” – Nesrine Malikon the evolving pressure cooker that is the Middle East. “The fact that Netanyahu and his inner war cabinet appear to have deliberately and recklessly provoked this showdown should not be forgotten as the crisis unfolds,” he wrote.Each week our editors select five of the most interesting, entertaining and thoughtful reads published by Guardian Australia and our international colleagues.
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