Nikki Gemmell

Nikki Gemmell’s columns for the Weekend Australian Magazine have won a Walkley award for opinion writing and commentary. She is a bestselling author of over twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction. Her work has received international critical acclaim and been translated into many languages.

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Close-up of priest reading Bible book during ceremony standing near the altar in church

The letter from a reader that made me gasp

After attending the local Catholic Church, a reader sat down to read my column in The Weekend Australian Magazine. They were in for a shock.

Nikki Gemmell

OCEAN SWIMMINGWeekend Australian Magazine

Pictured are swimmers at Bronte Beach ocean pool in Sydney.Water clarity is very good across Sydney at the moment.Picture: Richard Dobson

My newfound ritual is as close as I get to God on Earth

Every morning now, after the kids are poured off to school, I head to the beach before the light gets attacking and hard and feel old muscles awakened and strength coming back.

Nikki Gemmell

HATED LITTLE THINGColumnists

EXCLUSIVE.A new generation contraceptive pill that poses no blood clot risk and that may help women with oestrogen related migraines will be available in Australia from this week., Slinda is a progesterone only pill that can also be used by breast feeding mothers.It is superior to the currently available progesterone only mini-pill which has to be taken at the same time each day, preferably at least 3 hours before intercourse.If you forget to take the new pill you have 24 hours, not three hours, to take a catch up dose. Picture: supplied

Young women are shunning the pill … and I don’t blame them

Soon after losing my virginity, the pill muted all my wildness and irregularity, controlling my physiology in a way I didn’t quite trust. I’m not a fan – and thousands of women are with me.

Nikki Gemmell

ULTIMATE SACRIFICEWeekend Australian Magazine

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 02, 2021 This screen grab from a handout footage provided by the Moscow City Court press service shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence for embezzlement, gesturing a heart shape from inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow. - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is in great pain, his lawyer said on March 25, 2021 after visiting him in prison, adding that allies were afraid "for his life." (Photo by Handout / Moscow City Court press service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Moscow City Court press service / handout" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

We’re not used to heroes in real life anymore

At the upcoming Russian election, Alexei Navalny’s courage will be everywhere, in people’s minds. He is Russia’s conscience now. By dying, his legend roars through a vote he could never have won.

Nikki Gemmell

COMMENTARYColumnists

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 07: Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the World Premiere of "Ticket to Paradise" at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on September 07, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Universal)

Would you describe Amal Clooney as ‘homely’? Her husband George did

The label has connotations of mousiness and mumsiness, the little housewife and little lady, balls and chains and trouble and strife. And we’re talking Amal Clooney here.

Nikki Gemmell

PRESS PLAYColumnists

video tapes, audio tapes and compact disc on a wooden table

How a CD player reminded us of who we were, once

A device from decades ago recently came back into our home and unlocked the Chap and I into a past life.

Nikki Gemmell

COMMENTARYColumnists

Close Up Of Teenagers With Mobile Phone Vaping and Drinking Alcohol In Park

The vape industry must be outlawed, for our kids’ sake

The most vulnerable cohort of our nation are blatantly targeted. Where’s the champagne flavoured vape? The Scotch whisky one? Crickets, of course. The industry knows what it’s doing.

Nikki Gemmell

GIRLS VS BOYSColumnists

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate (C) arrives at the Municipal Court of Bucharest, Romania, on June 21, 2023. Influencer Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist with a large online presence, was indicted in Romania on human trafficking and rape charges, officials said on June 20, 2023. Tate's brother Tristan and two Romanian women were also charged in the case, which has drawn intense international attention. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

#MeToo drives young men towards bullish conservatism

Gen Z is split. Two separate worlds. Of increasingly aware girls not afraid to call it out, and frustrated boys trying to deal with the new voices roaring at them.

Nikki Gemmell

COMMENTARYColumnists

Preschooler boy is exploring nature with magnifying glass. Little child is looking on leaf of fern with magnifier. Summer vacation for inquisitive kids in forest. Hiking. Boy scout

The key to a good life is being curious about the world

I’m mistrustful of those without curiosity. Who never ask questions, quest, doubt; who never seek out the world beyond the safety of familiar borders.

Nikki Gemmell

COMMENTARYWeekend Australian Magazine

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the audience during a concert at the Gazprom Arena stadium in Saint Petersburg on January 27, 2024, as part of events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from Nazi blockade during WWII. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP)

Will this be the Year of the Thugs?

For some of us this feels like the start of history, a new historical cycle, which will be more destructive than anything this Earth has seen before.

Nikki Gemmell

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