ScoMo vs Zuck: clash of the incels
As our Prime Minister and another powerful world leader square off, we ask: which android will blink first?
Articles by Richie Black
Keeping the dream alive: a review of the John Laws Morning Show
The Sentinel reviews a day’s broadcast of the John Laws Morning Show – and finds out how the Golden Tonsils are holding up.
Green thumbs-up
Richie Black explains how life suddenly changed when he moved in to an Inner West house with an elaborate and exotic garden.
You gotta love this city: classic songs of Sydney
The Sentinel explores iconic songs that reference Sydney – and have helped define the city in our hearts and minds.
Things that weren’t so bad about 2020
It’s been a tough year – but 2020 also had its positive aspects, Richie Black helpfully reminds us.
Sydney, we miss you
Bits of Sydney (typically the bits you like) are constantly being cancelled, replaced, made obsolete and sold off, writes Richie Black.
We need power ballads more than ever – and Casey Donovan is going to provide
Casey Donovan talks to the Sentinel about her power ballad plan to banish the Covid blues.
The worst public works projects ever in NSW
Richie Black outlines our worst examples of bureaucratic bungling and infrastructure-related idiocy in this humorous piece for the Sentinel.
Virtual intimacy and fatal attraction: dating during a pandemic
The Sentinel talks to a panel of imbedded experts about how Covid-19 has changed Sydney’s dating scene.
The biggest seismic events to hit Sydney – that aren’t Covid
As Covid-19 brings upheaval to life in Sydney, the Sentinel examines previous existential changes to hit the Emerald City.