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Ten years of Skywhale: Hindenboob, or beautiful beast?

It's 10 years since the unveiling of Skywhale, our centenary artwork, and it's safe to say she's well and truly ours.

The Canberra Times

'My wife refuses to pay me for babysitting our daughter - it's such a burden'

A dad has asked whether he was in the wrong to expect his wife to pay him for 'babysitting' their daughter while she goes out to watch a movie with her friend

Daily Mirror

40 baby names set to go extinct this year with one or two surprising additions

For girls it looks as if the likes of Kate and Katherine have fallen out of favour

Irish Mirror

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40 baby names set to go extinct this year, and it isn't good news for Kate

Wales Online

Two Cheers for "What About …?"

People often condemn "whataboutism": "responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counteraccusation or raising a different issue." And there's much to that condemnation is some situations. If my favorite politician Walter is exposed for having taken bribes, and my response is, "What about the politician Christopher on…

Reason

'I should get paid for babysitting my daughter – but my wife is against it'

One man is so fed up of his wife always going out with the neighbour and leaving their daughters with him, that he thinks he should be paid to ''babysit' them – but his wife doesn't agree

Daily Mirror

Trailblazing journalist Barbara Walters has died at 93

Over more than a half century, the driven celebrity journalist built one of the most remarkable careers in TV news. She was 93.

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Strictly's Tom Chambers says show changed his life and ended years of rejection

Tom Chambers won Strictly Come Dancing in 2008 after struggling to initially carve out his career in TV. Now, starring as Walter in Elf the Musical on the West End, he thanks the dancing show for giving him opportunities he never could have imagined.

Daily Mirror

Bringing a dog along for a holiday stay? Make sure to plan

Traveling with dogs can be stressful

The Independent UK

Local Canberra history tour uncovering the lives of the LGBTQIA+ community in the nation's capital

Once the location of Canberra's first publicly-organised LGBTQIA+ event, today Glebe Park acts as a meeting place for Lucy Dingwall and Sita Sargeant, two queer women waiting patiently to start their walking tour.

ABC News

Elf the Musical review – Buddy’s back with some syrupy showtunes

Choreographed candy cane twirling and funny moments from the Will Ferrell film don’t save this show from being a bland corporate Christmas experience

The Guardian - UK

Strange Elf fan theory is 'blowing minds' as some suggest it's a prequel to another film

A fan theory has blown people's minds after somebody explained how two of Will Ferrel's movie characters could be more linked than anybody initially realised

Daily Mirror

The unlikely bond between Julia Roberts and Martin Luther King Jr

The civil rights activist and his wife paid the hospital bill for the birth of the actor because her parents couldn’t afford it

The Guardian - US

Martin Luther King Jr. paid the bill for Julia Roberts' birth. Here's the backstory

As fans marked Julia Roberts' birthday last week, they also uncovered a connection between her family and that of the civil rights icon. It all started when her parents opened an acting school.

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The Guardian - UK

Jennifer Lawrence’s best performances – ranked!

As talk of another Oscar grows for her performance in this year’s Causeway, we rate the versatile actor’s finest work

ABC News

Miniatures and models help with mental health

What do model trains and mental health have in common? Quite a bit actually.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire widow's emotional prostate cancer appeal after 15 years without husband

Jean Holloway lost her beloved husband Walter to the disease in 2007

Daily Record

Widows of Scots prostate cancer victims urge men to get checked

In Scotland, 3779 men will be diagnosed each year and 975 will die.

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Edinburgh Live

First glimpse of 700-year-old medieval Scottish woman digitally reconstructed

Three medieval 14th century Scots have been brought back to life through 3D digital reconstructions. The 14th century Wigtownshire residents were buried at Whithorn Priory in the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland.

Tribune News Service

Mariners’ sloppy play dooms them in 9-6 loss to White Sox

SEATTLE — On a day where he spent talking about the defensive improvement and run prevention being key to the Mariners' success in the 2022 season, manager Scott Servais then had to endure his team slogging through one of its sloppiest games of the season.

The Independent UK

Gen Z, millennials speak out on reluctance to become parents

Overwhelming student debt

ABC News

Former worker at Ashley Youth Detention Centre held job for almost a decade after complaints raised, commission of inquiry told

A former worker at Tasmania's notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre, who was the subject of multiple redress claims, continued to work there for almost another decade, a commission of inquiry examining the centre has heard.

Salon

Why "Stepford Wives" still resonates

Sure, suburban living turned women into robots, but this telling also reveals the complicity of husbands

Tribune News Service

‘Homecoming’ alum Stephan James revisits the horror of lost memories in Apple TV+’s ‘Surface’

In “Homecoming,” Stephan James played a soldier losing his memories as a treatment for PTSD. In “Surface,” he’s on the other side of the brain fog.

The Conversation

'Suburban living did turn women into robots': why feminist horror novel The Stepford Wives is still relevant, 50 years on

On August 26 1970, 50,000 women marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City in a Women’s Strike. Organised by feminist activist Betty Friedan, the march highlighted the fact women still performed the vast majority of domestic work.

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