Dating apps, pre and post-lockdown – and a tribute to 1991
After a break from dating apps, Sydney single mum Mel W puts her toe back in the water – and finds a surprising change in the men online.
Opinion
The Existential Expert tackles disturbing sex dreams … and a flatulent co-worker
We respond to readers’ questions about inappropriate fantasies – and how to handle a flatulent colleague.
The Existential Expert tackles post-lockdown social anxiety … and breakups
In our latest advice column, we help readers deal with problems confronting them as they return, blinking, into the light of an opened-up Sydney.
It’s time for a progressive spring – but don’t expect one with Chris Minns
The NSW Labor leader’s decision to vote against voluntary assisted dying shows him to be out of touch, lacking leadership and deeply disappointing to progressive voters, opines Gary Nunn.
The Existential Expert talks sex … and Dominic Perrottet
Our latest column combines sex advice and our new Premier, naturally forcing us to dispense cold, hard truths.
A spring in our step
Sunny Grace pens a paean to spring – and an easing of lockdown restrictions – in our fair city.
I Am Woman
From ScoMo’s mishandling of the Christian Porter affair, to the Taliban re-taking Afghanistan and NSW suddenly having an anti-abortion Premier, the fight for women’s rights is far from over, opines Sunny Grace.
The Existential Expert on how to handle creepy compliments
The latest in our series of advice columns tackles the issue of receiving unwanted praise … from a partner’s friend.
Out of fashion
After many years working in fashion, Sunny Grace is leaving the industry to become a full-time writer – but not before recounting her experiences in the field.
Vegans stand up to the meat industry at Senate hearing
Australia’s animal agriculture industry is seeking to ban terms such as ‘plant-based milk’, ‘meat-free mince’ and ‘vegan sausages’. National campaign group Vegan Australia weighs in.
The Existential Expert on how to talk to your anti-vaxxer friend
The latest instalment of our weekly ‘Agony Aunt’ column looks at what to do when your friend has an ideological objection to Covid-19 vaccination.
Life and death on your own terms
As the NSW Parliament debates a Bill to allow voluntary assisted dying, Geoffrey R Usher opines that people should be able to live – and die – on their own terms.
Little lockdown lifts
The Sentinel’s vegan editor, Elizabeth Usher, finds a surprise gift brings both practical benefits and unexpected joy.
The Existential Expert on how to quit day drinking … and problems with pugs
This week, The Existential Expert covers techniques that’ll help you quit day-drinking … and how to confess to your girlfriend you don’t want a dog.
The 47-year-old incubator – and a tribute to disco
For Mel W, being a single mum putting her kids through remote learning has its challenges – but it’s nothing a little disco can’t help her navigate.