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Cycling
How riding on Melbourne’s roads made me one of ‘those’ cyclists
Why are cyclists so intense? To answer this question, all I had to do was become one of them.
- by Alice Clarke
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City life
Pardon me for asking but are you middle class?
Just what is it that makes one middle class? Here are some habits that place you slap bang in the middle.
- by Richard Glover
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Parenting
In praise of boredom: a lockdown story
I was just left with time, undiluted time. Acres of the stuff. Busyness fell away.
- by Doug Hendrie
Move over Monopoly: a new genre of board games reigns in 2020
The revolution kicked off with The Settlers of Catan (now known as Catan) which contrasted sharply to other game styles where players were eliminated one-by-one.
- by Josh Dye
At Swarovski, cracks appear in the $3.3 billion crystal kingdom
For more than a century, Swarovski has churned out crystals in every imaginable shape and form. But the coronavirus pandemic has laid waste to its sprawling network of boutiques in now deserted shopping centres and airports around the world.
- by Matthias Wabl and Corinne Gretler
As lockdown boredom bites, board game designer finds his turn to shine
Australian Phil Walker-Harding is on a bit of a roll with his board games in a million or more homes around the world. How does he do it?
- by Zach Hope
Europe's richest man gains $19 billion in a day as markets surged
It's the biggest trading-driven gain since records began, but luxury-goods mogul Bernard Arnault has also lost more financially than anyone else during the pandemic.
- by Devon Pendleton
'A bit of a freak show': The novel way these kids solve Rubik's Cubes, in seconds
Could you solve Rubik's Cube with your feet? It's a cinch for competitors at the speedcubing world championship.
- by Carolyn Webb
Tiffany's US sales to Chinese tourists drop by more than 25 per cent
The iconic jeweller first started seeing cracks in tourist spending a year ago, and it has further deteriorated as the trade war stepped up.
- by Kim Bhasin
Lucky numbers deliver $30m for Bendigo man
A Bendigo man is looking to buy a house and new car after he won $30 million in Powerball.
Postcard: How a 127-year-old sauna helped me survive New York winter
At New York's Russian and Turkish Baths, which have operated since 1892, you can sweat in 87 degree heat and be thrashed with oak branches. What's not to love?
- by Matthew Knott
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