The Daily Telegraph sows fear in the hearts of Sydneysiders with one spine-chilling idea: Clown Gang. What? Juggalos? They’re trying to make people scared of juggalos?

This workplace comedy by emerging playwright Melissa Bubnic dramatises the nine-to-five grind, but misses the opportunity to say something startling or risky.

Elton John and Lee “Billy Elliott” Hall announce Animal Farm: The Musical. Here are some megaflop musicals that might make them reconsider – including Moby Dick and Carrie: the musicals!

Western mental health diagnoses (and prescriptions) spread across the globe, with scant regard for cultural differences. Ethan Watters documents the oft-heartbreaking colonialism of the mind.

Would you rather kick Chuck Klosterman in the cojones for his infuriating but ever-so-entertaining rants… or buy these game cards?

Another day, another gay zombie satire banned by Australia’s Film Classification Board. Humping a rubber latex wound is scandalous but actually terrorising “alternative” porn models for a reality horror film is okay.

We braved a cold and wintry Abbotsford Convent as crime fiction writers shared their stories and the Dev took full flight. But the absence of attendees aged under 40 was the real mystery.

A Russian rock legend dared to question Vladimir Putin on live, state-controlled television, and awoke the Russian new media in the process.

Having won a Grand Prix in the recent Cannes advertising awards, Old Spice is now reaching out online with personalised, hilarious videos also starring “the man your man could smell like”.