The next best medicine after a vaccine
Laughter has always provided protection from pain and danger. And humans aren’t the only animals that do it.
Columnists
This Kia is a muscle car for our times
Australian muscle cars are history — but Korean manufacturer Kia is keeping the dream alive with the Stinger.
Home-made snags: give it a go
Making sausages at home is a palaver, to be sure — but the results are so worth it. Here’s how.
Second Pfizer jab? Computer says no
Politicians hector and lecture us about getting our vaccinations but excuse me, exactly how easy is it, for so many of us?
Changing tastes: here’s my prediction
I have a theory: every 15 years or so, Australia experiences a major shift in design trends. We’re due for another about now.
Yes, ma’am: the Queen’s favourite detective
True story. Princess Di once confided to me her mother-in-law’s was addicted to a particular US crime show. You’d never guess.
This appalling, selfish act has to stop
Gentlemen, I need your help. How can you explain the deplorable practice of ‘stealthing’ among sexually active young men?
Faster, higher, smarter: the new Olympic Games
I hereby announce my new Games to carry the torch of intelligence. Let thought replace sport! Mind over muscle!
So near, yet so far
The pandemic has painfully reminded us that Geoffrey Blainey’s ideas about the ‘tyranny of distance’ still hold true.
Oh, how we ache to eat out again
All over Sydney, cafes and restaurants are making do as best they can. And the citizenry, unused to this life on hold, stew.
Fools on parade: this is my country?
It felt like the fabric of Australia was being torn as I witnessed the anti-lockdown protests. It reminded me of the Cronulla riots.
Toyota is swimming against the tide with this
Forget electric. Toyota’s Mirai — which is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell — points the way to a much more sensible future.
Naming generations is a dog’s breakfast. Let’s clean it up
We’ve had Gen X, then the Millennials. Should it be ‘Gen Z’ next – or should we start over with ‘Generation Alpha’?
Zero alcohol wine? I’m struggling with it
I’ve been drinking. It’s 10am and I’m on my second bottle. But have I been drinking? Is zero alcohol wine really wine?
Katie Hopkins and the lizards of Oz
From Katie Hopkins to David Icke and QAnon, there’s no shortage of mad ideas out there. But this one takes the biscuit.
A new angle on cooking fish
There’s more potential in a fish than just two fillets. Take it from chef Josh Niland. But would you draw the line at his fish ‘tripe’?
Bring on the crowds
I was becoming short with my fellow species in the Before Times, weary of the aggressiveness. But I want to unlearn cautiousness.
Our choice of Armageddons beckon, nuclear or climatic
It was Carl Sagan’s genius to compress the 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang into a notional single year. It’s an amazing idea.
The ties that bind us
Over 31 years, a generation of Australians endured two world wars, a pandemic and the Great Depression. What got them through it?
Flex those mussels
Some very fond memories connect me to mussels, and I love to eat them. Why don’t more Australians feel the same way?
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