Culture
Comedy
From childhood as an ‘outsider’, Urvi made comedy her community
Now heading onto the global stage, Urvi Majumdar finds humour in her family, her suburbs and even her phone.
- by Elizabeth Flux
Latest
The new jobs you should consider after yours is replaced by AI
In this post-AI world, one of the following newly minted professions might suit you.
- by Richard Glover
Catch these rising stars of Australian comedy before they get big
Alexandra Hudson, Henry Yan and Meg Jager have all wowed audiences in the Raw Comedy competition. Now they’re bringing their debut shows to Sydney Fringe.
- by Daniel Herborn
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
Ten things we need to fix before we work on self-drive cars
Our species can’t design a toaster that works, and we think we can make a safe self-drive car?
- by Richard Glover
‘They’re not real people’: Why Harry and Meghan struggle to connect
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been urged to just be their “rich, authentic” selves as they try to revive their media empire.
- by Michael Lallo
It’s like Frankenstein’s monster: Sammy J’s wildly ambitious project
He may be well-known but the comedian turned broadcaster has Fringe in his DNA.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Send help, my housemates have started an absurd diet
Both man and dog know: kumara is OK, but it’s not toast.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Musings
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
Two dishwashers? It’s time we all lowered our standards
Why have we allowed our lives to become so dominated by domestic drudgery?
- by Richard Glover
I have a landline phone and I know exactly what that says about me
It rarely rings, but the fact of its existence is a dead giveaway.
- by Richard Glover