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My Least Favourite Thing
There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s
My collection of books, newspapers and other stuff has been growing very satisfactorily, despite the hopes of executives who introduced hot-desking.
- by Tony Wright
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My least favourite thing
Age journalists and writers share their humorous, poignant and thought-provoking tales about the objects in their lives that they just can’t seem to get rid of.
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My Least Favourite Thing
I have magic pants that once transformed me. For many reasons, they now haunt me
Each time I buttoned them up I felt transformed from a twenty-something aspiring writer to a fully-fledged adult who knew things.
- by Nova Weetman
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My Least Favourite Thing
I’ve never been able to wink, and Nonna’s creepy rabbit never let me forget it
No one in my family remembers where the porcelain rabbit money box came from, only that it has always been there.
- by Hannah Kennelly
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My Least Favourite Thing
When Heather was dying, questions formed in my mind that I had never entertained
There are three immovable orange objects in my house. One is very soft, one is very comfortable, and the third is a cheap piece of plastic that no one else would give a second thought.
- by Maher Mughrabi
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Spectrum
I’m not striving for better in 2025. I’m hitting ‘unsubscribe’
I resolve to be worse than ever in the new year.
- by Genevieve Novak
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Sex & relationships
How 2024 became the year of the trophy boyfriend
From Travis Kelce to Barry Keoghan and Adam Hyde, the “first boyfriends” of A-List women set the internet on fire this year.
- by Madison Griffiths
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The year girl power got a joyous update
From pop culture and sport to royalty and the natural world, plenty of diamonds dazzled in the dust in 2024.
- by Neil McMahon
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The objects of 2024 and the people they made – or brought down
We know the supposed Person of the Year, but let’s look at the objects of 2024 – from the planter box that brought down Barnaby Joyce to the video camera that brought 51 men to justice.
- by Julia Baird
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New Year
Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m going a different way
It’s been a difficult year. There were moments it felt like everything was cracking open. Next year, I want to shift focus away from what’s missing from my life.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Christmas
I was hot, bothered and pregnant. Then my waters broke on Christmas morning, six weeks early
A 3am trip to the hospital, riding in an ambulance and an unexpected arrival – it felt like the plot of a Christmas movie.
- by Zoya Patel
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