Musings
I saw Taylor Swift on her first Australian tour. Here’s what happened
In March 2009, I saw Taylor Swift perform to a few hundred cowboys and cowgirls in Marrickville.
- by Robert Moran
Latest
The Australian Open is over, and now I have the post-tennis blues
The real new year doesn’t begin until the Australian Open ends. But it’s time to get back to real life.
- by David Free
In the midst of moving home, I suddenly understood minimalism
Who put all this junk in my house? It couldn’t have been me.
- by James Colley
The most annoying words online: ‘We’d like to hear from you. How did we go?’
The internet’s insatiable lust for ratings and reviews gets zero stars.
- by David Free
How does it feel to read your favourite living writer after they die?
I didn’t want it to feel any different, but I feared it was going to.
- by David Free
Got game? There’s a secret society in Hollywood. We need to talk about it
Many celebrities have unlikely skills. Daniel Day-Lewis can handcraft you a shoe. Margot Robbie can give you a tattoo. But only one celebrity skill really matters.
- by Robert Moran
Opinion
Spectrum
Twitter is dead, but what about me?
I have been on Twitter for an embarrassingly long time. Its downfall is bad news for me – and people like me.
- by Rebecca Shaw
Oh, so ‘selling out’ is a thing again?
Did we all fall into a portal to the ’90s or something?
- by Robert Moran
Enjoy your ‘girl dinner’. But I’ll have a big lady buffet
TikTok’s new trend finds women posting food plates prepared for one. But there’s a dark side to the digital mischief.
- by Alice Tovey
Every group chat needs an annoying friend who has no shame
They will happily send three texts in a row even when they haven’t received a reply.
- by James Colley
The most magical place on the internet? That’s easy
Facebook Marketplace is the 2023 equivalent of taking a sneaky peek in someone’s bathroom medicine cabinet.
- by Eliza Reilly