Human Interest

An in-depth investigation drawing on court files, photos and public records reports the world-famous anonymous artist is a Bristol-born man who later adopted a new identity. 

According to one of Australia's leading cult experts, the number of young adults between 17 and 25 years old joining cults since COVID is increasing at an alarming rate. 

Today's ABC Places quiz features photos from 10 locations around the world. Your challenge is to guess where you are.

Joanne Norman cinched the international accolade by swimming across seven of the world's most dangerous channels.

One night in 1997, fuelled by boredom, trainee ship bartender Erika Boyero filled some empty bottles with handwritten notes and threw them overboard in Norway. Last week, she met with the Tasmanian woman who found one of her messages.

More people are turning to AI companions during personal crises, treating it as a confidante and even a way to speak to the dead. And while it helps some, it can also have devastating consequences, writes Compass presenter Benjamin Law.

Rockstar. Leader. Peacemaker. Witiyana Marika was riding the wave of international fame in the band Yothu Yindi when his dying father called him back to Arnhem Land.  

When Myf Warhurst arrived in the sleepy town of Eldorado to film the latest episode of Back Roads, she didn't anticipate she would be touching compost made from human waste. But Hamish Skermer has that effect.

One of these days, you might get lucky and ace this quiz. It's unlikely to be today. Let's play, HARD!

BACA members accompany kids to court, stand guard outside their homes, and provide a sense of safety with burly presences and deeply rumbling motorbikes.

Dean Simes bought his first personal computer this century. Now, the centenarian wants to help other seniors understand the technology "you can't avoid".

As Denmark's royal couple, King Frederik and Australian-born Queen Mary, tour the queen's homeland, we look back at how their romance began. 

Perth schoolboy Austin Appelbee, who heroically swam for hours to save the lives of his mum and two siblings off the WA coast, is honoured with a note from Ireland's President Catherine Connolly.

Think you've been paying attention to the news cycle this week? Test your memory here.

An Iranian man has told ABC News "black rain is falling from the sky" in Tehran in the wake of Israeli attacks on oil depots.

Megahits Murder on the Dancefloor and Groovejet made her a household name but Sophie Ellis-Bextor is so much more.

Here's how you can become a more responsible dog owner — according to your fellow readers.

Ian Wright captured the Franklin River blockade on film. Forty years later, the officer who arrested him reached out.

After more than a year of sailing and thousands of nautical miles covered, Dan Turner completes a race around the globe in the boat he built in his driveway.

The family of a former NSW Police detective says while his job was to ensure the safety of foreign leaders, at home he was just Dad.