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Where have all the funny novels gone?

Where have all the funny novels gone?

No one is writing stories designed to make people laugh any more. (Um, except me?)

  • by Nick Bhasin

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I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed
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I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed

Group fitness: the term is a combination of two of my least favourite things.

  • by James Colley
Gossiping isn’t evil, it’s our feminine duty
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Gossiping isn’t evil, it’s our feminine duty

The art of talking about people when they’re not in the room deserves a positive rebrand.

  • by Eliza Reilly
Building a flower bed: how hard can it be?
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Building a flower bed: how hard can it be?

I made my flower bed, I’ll lie in it.

  • by James Colley
I saw Taylor Swift on her first Australian tour. Here’s what happened

I saw Taylor Swift on her first Australian tour. Here’s what happened

In March 2009, I saw Taylor Swift perform to a few hundred cowboys and cowgirls in Marrickville.

  • by Robert Moran
The Australian Open is over, and now I have the post-tennis blues

The Australian Open is over, and now I have the post-tennis blues

The real new year doesn’t begin until the Australian Open ends. But it’s time to get back to real life.

  • by David Free
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In the midst of moving home, I suddenly understood minimalism

In the midst of moving home, I suddenly understood minimalism

Who put all this junk in my house? It couldn’t have been me.

  • by James Colley
The most annoying words online: ‘We’d like to hear from you. How did we go?’

The most annoying words online: ‘We’d like to hear from you. How did we go?’

The internet’s insatiable lust for ratings and reviews gets zero stars.

  • by David Free
How does it feel to read your favourite living writer after they die?

How does it feel to read your favourite living writer after they die?

I didn’t want it to feel any different, but I feared it was going to.

  • by David Free
Got game? There’s a secret society in Hollywood. We need to talk about it

Got game? There’s a secret society in Hollywood. We need to talk about it

Many celebrities have unlikely skills. Daniel Day-Lewis can handcraft you a shoe. Margot Robbie can give you a tattoo. But only one celebrity skill really matters.

  • by Robert Moran
Twitter is dead, but what about me?
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Twitter is dead, but what about me?

I have been on Twitter for an embarrassingly long time. Its downfall is bad news for me – and people like me.

  • by Rebecca Shaw

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