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In The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan worries the end of politeness will destroy civilisation. I fear he’s right

Since I saw the movie, I have found it difficult not to see Trojan horses everywhere. We live now in a state of perpetual distrustfulness

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24

Tasmania’s Mount Arthur: a place awash with the true sort of quiet that soaks into your skin

I do not want to paint this tucked-away spot as ‘quaint’ or ‘sleepy’. In fact, the effect all nature has on me is ultimately rousing

The Guardian - AU · Mar 21

Born to run: how exercise expanded the landscape of my life and got my mind on track

Running tends to get characterised as an entirely physical pursuit, which is probably why I avoided it for so long

The Guardian - AU · Dec 10, 2025

Writing is a 'questionable business', but what to make of John Hughes, one of the most prolific plagiarists in literary history?

In June of last year, the Guardian revealed that John Hughes’ Miles Franklin-longlisted novel The Dogs contained material lifted from The Unwomanly Face of War, a book by Nobel Prize-winning Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich. When approached about this, Hughes apologised for the transgression, describing the plagiarism as unintentional.

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2023

Morning Mail: Djokovic triumphs, hundreds of school abuse claims revealed, $300m boost to arts

Almost 400 civil claims filed in the past 12 years in Victoria for historical child sexual abuse

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2023