Who is Siobhan McKenna? The ‘irreplaceable’ former Murdoch aide given a top diplomatic posting The next general consul to New York chairs Australia Post and is a former News Corp executive The Guardian - AU · Sep 21
UK risks ‘losing creative sector’ amid rapid rise of AI, experts say 'We're too frightened to talk about it': Rapid rise of AI is now the 'single greatest threat' to authors and literary agents The Independent UK · Mar 31
Jenny Cox obituary Other lives: Botanist and primary school teacher who became a concertina player and organiser of bands and performance weekends The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025
‘A succession of bad paintings’: Stanley Donwood and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke – review This Is What You Get explores the intense creative partnership behind countless album sleeves from OK Computer to In Rainbows. But is it good art? Absolutely not The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025
“Why is writing your own material such an obsession for so many people? They should be grateful we don’t write songs. They’d be terrible”: Manfred Mann has no time for his own back catalogue Bandleader insists he’s not prog and he’s never made a classic album - but he knows what he’s good at, and he still loves doing it Louder · Mar 9, 2024
“Take Jeff Beck, David Gilmour and Allan Holdsworth – Alan should be seen as being in that company”: Remembering the late Alan Murphy, the player Fender trusted as a tone consultant, who played with Kate Bush, Go West, and more As November 2023 would have marked Alan Murphy’s 70th birthday, we look back at the man and his music, with personal recollections from the collaborators who knew him best Guitar World · Feb 6, 2024
Dan's 14-year quest to solve mystery of found dog tags Former navy medic breaks down in tears recounting finally solving it. The Canberra Times · Oct 29, 2023
Coming up for heir: News Corp in uncharted waters with Lachlan Murdoch at the helm Murdoch Jr does not have the same love for print as father Rupert but newspapers’ influence remains a drawcard for the new boss The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2023
'Stop, you're killing him': Thug live-streamed himself battering man to death Declan O'Donnell, 24, repeatedly kicked, punched and stamped on Paul Cox, 63, during a 'grotesque' two-hour rampage Manchester Evening News · May 20, 2023
Social media users begged thug to stop as he live-streamed himself beating man to death Declan O'Donnell, 24, repeatedly kicked, punched and stamped on Paul Cox, 63, during a "grotesque" two-hour rampage at a flat in Nottingham city centre, while social media users begged him to stop Daily Mirror · May 20, 2023
Brother had to make decision to turn off life support after 'humiliating' live-streamed attack Paul Cox was in intensive care for 8 days Nottingham Post · May 19, 2023
Vicious murderer live-streamed brutal two-hour attack on man on social media Viewers pleaded with Declan O'Donnell to stop the savage attack on February 10, 2022. Daily Record · May 15, 2023
Horrific attack in Nottingham was live-streamed online before victim died Police learned of the horrific incident after a member of his family saw the stream on social media Nottingham Post · May 15, 2023
AFL's $4.5 billion deal with Channel Seven and Foxtel shows footy is still the jewel in the TV crown The AFL's unprecedented $4.5 billion broadcast deal with Channel Seven and Foxtel comes at a time many thought big-money bids for sports rights were a thing of the past, writes David Mark. ABC News · Sep 6, 2022
The New Daily · Jul 21, 2022 Why Netflix was happy to lose a million subscribers Netflix lost almost one million subscribers over the second quarter – but that's actually good news for the streaming giant.
The Independent UK · May 17, 2022 Give prisoners laptops so they can continue education inside, say MPs A report from the education committee found that prison education is ‘chaotic’ with a lack of special educational needs support.