The Existential Expert: readers’ questions answered
The Existential Expert responds to your questions, covering topics including polyamory in lockdown, coping with people who like playing board games – and more!
Opinion
Musings from a grieving vegan
Elizabeth Usher explores new loss, cherished memories and vegan hope in the time of Covid.
Lockdown 2.0 versus 1.0 – and a tribute to glam rock
Mel W is a single mum, working from home and putting two kids through remote learning during Lockdown 2.0. Here’s how she’s coping …
A man doesn’t walk into a bar
Going through Dry July is hard enough at the best of times – but in the midst of lockdown? Richie Black describes the ordeal.
Opinion: let’s get some queers elected to Inner West Council
Despite having one of the highest proportions of LGBTQI+ people of any LGA in Australia, Inner West Council does not have a single queer councillor. That needs to change, argues Liz Atkins.
Generation Xhausted
Sunny Grace explores the particulars of being a Gen X-er, as Gen Z begins to make an impact on the world.
Chronicle of a Covid vaccination
Sunny Grace has her first vaccination with the Pfizer Covid-19 jab – and despite some nerves, comes away grateful after an efficient, painless experience.
Four things Sydney could learn from ‘the world’s most liveable city’: Auckland
Gary Nunn has just returned from Auckland – recently named ‘the world’s most liveable city’ – and has some ideas on what the Harbour City can learn from the City of Sails.
Why Adam Goodes rejected the AFL Hall of Fame offer
Adam Goodes, award-winning former Aussie Rules football star, turned down the AFL’s invitation to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame – for very good reasons, argues Alec Smart.
What’s wrong with my trash?
Richie Black is thrown for a six when his booked City of Sydney Council pick-up goes AWOL.
Walking amongst the dead
A visit to Waverley Cemetery gives Sunny Grace some perspective – and a reminder to walk amongst the living.
Paint your nails, change the world: #NAILit4IDAHO
Want know what it feels like to be different? Paint your nails for a day and you’ll soon find out, explains #NAILit4IDAHO founder Travis de Jonk.
Lost dog, lost human
Richie Black reflects on grief, trauma and suddenly feeling at odds with home, after the death of his rescue greyhound.
A finishing school for boys … and parents?
Sunny Grace makes a case for a return of the finishing school – and not only for girls.
Now you see me, now you don’t
As Sydney’s gay nightlife springs back to life, Guy James Whitworth explores an issue as old as time itself: the invisibility conferred by ageing.