Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is out, and, like everything she does, it's smashing records. It’s a big talking point, so we’ll get you across the scale of it. Then we get into US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, Australia’s new defence treaty with PNG, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s split. In what's coming up, we're heading into a massive weekend of sport, the start of daylight saving, federal parliament resumes, and Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting. 

Links

The BBC’s obituary for Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall talks about how she became interested in animals

Listen to our Shortcuts series on the business of Taylor Swift, Part 1 and Part 2

Claire’s recommendation: The New Yorker long-read ‘Carol Burnett Plays On’

Larissa’s recommendation: Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell

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Chapters

00:00 - Taylor Swift’s new album

12:23 - Gaza peace plan

14:55 - PNG defence treaty

17:27 - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban call it quits

21:23 - What’s coming up in the week ahead

26:44 - Squiz Recommends

29:00 - Squiz Press