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‘The pen has run dry’: Acclaimed cartoonist Michael Leunig dies
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‘The pen has run dry’: Acclaimed cartoonist Michael Leunig dies

Leunig’s death was announced on social media late on Thursday. He was 79.

  • by Lachlan Abbott

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Political cartoonist of the year? ‘You must be joking’

Political cartoonist of the year? ‘You must be joking’

Megan Herbert has been crowned Australian political cartoonist of the year for her work, which appears regularly in this masthead.

  • by Karl Quinn
The Age remains Victoria’s most-read masthead

The Age remains Victoria’s most-read masthead

Read by one in five Australians to stay informed, The Age continues to outperform its closest competitor.

  • by Staff reporter
The Age sweeps Walkley Awards including journalism’s biggest prize, the Gold Walkley

The Age sweeps Walkley Awards including journalism’s biggest prize, the Gold Walkley

The Age won 10 awards on Tuesday night, including the prestigious Gold Walkley, after scoring 20 nominations – more than any other news organisation in Australia.

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170 letters for 170 years of The Age. You know me as ‘Peter Johns, Sorrento’

170 letters for 170 years of The Age. You know me as ‘Peter Johns, Sorrento’

When my first letter was printed in 2006, I was surprised and felt very excited. It is still a thrill.

  • by Peter Johns
‘Fight to survive’: How an Australian-first transplant made Brendan’s ‘miserable’ life amazing

‘Fight to survive’: How an Australian-first transplant made Brendan’s ‘miserable’ life amazing

Horsham postman Brendan Cole has a full life, 14 years after receiving donor small intestine, liver and pancreas. As The Age turns 170, we revisit people who captured the nation’s attention.

  • by Carolyn Webb
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He disarmed a gunman at Monash Uni after being shot twice. Now, he doesn’t worry about little things

He disarmed a gunman at Monash Uni after being shot twice. Now, he doesn’t worry about little things

After being shot in his arm and leg, former lecturer Lee Gordon-Brown sprang into action to save others. As The Age turns 170, we revisit people who captured the nation’s attention.

  • by Carolyn Webb
She was bad at finishing things. Then she conquered Everest

She was bad at finishing things. Then she conquered Everest

In 1997, after three previous attempts, Brigitte Muir became the first Australian woman to reach the top of Mount Everest. As The Age turns 170, we revisit people who captured the nation’s attention.

  • by Carolyn Webb
Why these two firemen dived back into a city fountain to rescue a boy

Why these two firemen dived back into a city fountain to rescue a boy

In 1981,12-year-old Carl Powell was presumed dead after he went missing while wading in fountains on Swanston Street. As The Age turns 170, we revisit the firemen who risked their lives to save him.

  • by Carolyn Webb
Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different, but the aim is the same
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Celebrity crooks existed long before Carl Williams. The method’s different, but the aim is the same

Gangsters, massive protests, drug busts and police corruption have been around as long as The Age. Here’s a look back at Melbourne’s underbelly decades before the Underbelly war.

  • by John Silvester
Equestrian shows and Shakespeare in a tent: A Saturday night in Melbourne in 1854

Equestrian shows and Shakespeare in a tent: A Saturday night in Melbourne in 1854

You might have a drink at the tavern, or take in a circus show of dance and swordplay on horseback. As The Age celebrates 170 years, we look back at the city’s cultural life in 1854.

  • by Karl Quinn

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