Comedy
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The one thing I really want is the one thing I can’t give myself
Some men are born with nicknames, some achieve nicknames, and some have nicknames thrust upon them. Sadly, I am still waiting for mine.
- Thomas Mitchell
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‘I didn’t want to’: How John Clarke’s daughter surprised herself with a doco about her dad
Lorin Clarke had no desire to make a movie about her father – until she heard that a bunch of other filmmakers did, and they had it all wrong.
- Karl Quinn
Edgy or offensive? How these early-2000s internet creators kept webcomics alive
Webcomics are well past their peak, but Cyanide & Happiness is still deep in the game. Here’s how it has managed to keep up with the non-stop beast that is the internet.
- Nell Geraets
‘I was strange’: How this comedian’s defence mechanism became a lucrative career
London-born Demi Adejuyigbe moved to Texas with his parents when he was just five years old. What happened next forged a path he still walks.
- Daniel Herborn
- Opinion
- Wildlife
From friend to foe: The possum in my driveway has become a problem
What started as a friendly game with a charming marsupial has evolved into a waking nightmare.
- Thomas Mitchell
She was told women weren’t funny. Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French showed her otherwise
Jen Brister’s comedy career began amid sexism and misogyny – now she sells out theatres.
- Rod Yates
- Opinion
- Cocktail party
Canapes are a bite-sized stress we could all do without
Awkward, unsatisfying and stressful, canapes are a bite-sized burden to us all.
- Thomas Mitchell
- Opinion
- Decision making
Suffering from decision fatigue? Why not take tips from a toddler and live life on repeat
Every day, my two-year-old son rewatches the same movie and then reads the same books before bed. In a world of endless choices, he has chosen to disregard decisions altogether.
- Thomas Mitchell
How this TikTok star enlisted Charli XCX for his debut TV show
This raucous A24 comedy features White Lotus alumni Connie Britton and Adam DiMarco, Kyle MacLachlan, Megan Fox and the queen of ‘brat summer’. It’s all testament to the pull of Benito Skinner.
- Jared Richards
- Opinion
- Commuter chaos
‘The right lane is faster’, and other thoughts I don’t appreciate in a traffic jam
When early morning road congestion turns a 20-minute drive into two hours of pain, you’re only ever one late merge away from a mental breakdown.
- Thomas Mitchell
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