Former Wallaby and veteran publican Bill Young picks up the Royal Hotel in Ryde in a deal that suggests the sector is bouncing back to life.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Hugh Bowman is confident Profiteer will run out the 1200m, but it might come down to whether the favourite settles in Saturday’s Golden Slipper.

In isolation, the actor’s routine was hilarious to read. But for health professionals, it has subtle murmurs of a long-running predicament.

As Lance Franklin returns from his 18-month injury hiatus to begin his penultimate AFL season, his successor Logan McDonald is just beginning his own journey.

Irish trainer Willie Mullins will be out to repeat history, not with star Addeybb, but with travelling stablemate Favourite Moon in Saturday’s 2400-metre Manion Cup at Rosehill.

At 17, Lech Blaine was in a car accident in which three of his friends died, and one was left with a permanent brain injury. He walked away, physically unharmed. Mentally however, it was a different story.

The Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation is at the centre of fresh controversy over its planned divestment of a key Aboriginal hub in Redfern.

This time last year, jockey Luke Currie was recuperating from a broken neck. On Saturday he will be out to win a Golden Slipper on Artorius.

Indigenous groups are accusing the government of breaching their faith on a $40 million commitment to recover water rights from voluntary irrigation sellers.

James Charisiou allegedly used faked documents to dupe two major investment houses into thinking he was working with Lendlease and CBUS Property.

Fenella Souter’s reflections on the trials, tribulations and pleasures of the domestic arts are gently humorous.

Multi-sensory exhibitions exploit the progressive decay of the public attention span and the need for instant experience.

As Viliame Kikau explained his remarkable effort to somehow save a memorable win for Penrith, Storm centre Justin Olam was blaming himself for the loss.

During filming for his Oscar-nominated performance as a dementia sufferer in The Father, the 83-year-old acting legend was suddenly aware of life’s fragility.

In his latest release, Booker Prize winner George Saunders presents seven short stories by great Russian writers, then analyses them in detail to explain why they work.

Edward St Aubyn’s latest novel is set in familiar territory - the transatlantic anglophile social elite.

Madeleine Ryan’s first novel is dry, acerbic and droll in turns.

Te-Ping Chen’s collection of short stories marks a stunning debut.

Dictionaries are not just for word enthusiasts. Last year they inspired two acclaimed novels.