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Artist Mirka Mora seated at her mosaic chair at St Kilda Pier circa 2010. Now a statue is planned in her honour.

Plans for a Mirka Mora statue come with space for selfies. She would have heartily approved

The late, great French-Australian artist could soon be honoured with a St Kilda monument.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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The Age has cross-platform readership of 4.56 million.

The Age maintains lead over rival in new readership figures

The Age has held its position as the second most-read masthead in the nation, with cross-platform readership of 4.56 million.

  • Staff reporter
Bruce Hales (front left), the global leader or the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, preaching in the US.

Do they mean us? Secretive church launches website to counter ‘media misinformation’

Recent coverage seems to have stung members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, once known as the Exclusive Brethren.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Michael Leunig.

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

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

  • Lachlan Abbott

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.

  • Karl Quinn
The Age has a cross-platform readership of 4.55 million.

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.

  • Staff reporter
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MIchael Bachelard, Nick McKenzie and Ben Schneiders.

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.

  • Staff reporters
Peter Johns, 86, has been a long-time contributor to The Age’s letter page.

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.

  • Peter Johns
Brendan Cole, Australia’s first intestine transplant recipient.

‘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.

  • Carolyn Webb
Lee Gordon-Brown today.

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.

  • Carolyn Webb

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