CPX intern Emily Anderson has been taking her lockdown walks in Sydney’s most densely populated suburb: Rookwood. Yep, the cemetery.
CPX intern Emily Anderson has been taking her lockdown walks in Sydney’s most densely populated suburb: Rookwood. Yep, the cemetery.
Barney Zwartz, in quintessentially Melbourne fashion, wonders: why do we hang on every word of the weather forecast, when it’s so often wrong?
Mark Stephens takes a step back from the furore around the Catholicism of NSW’s new premier, and considers the place of faith in politics.
Natasha Moore reflects on how Sally Rooney’s newest novel features Jesus, and the search for meaning in the “real world”.
Justine Toh spends $3.50 on a single lockdown mango, and celebrates what it heralds: summer days to come, and renewed hope.
A personal experience of a friend’s bushwalking injury leads Simon Smart to reflect on what it’s like to live in this particular time and place.
In the wake of the cheating scandals on The Block, Mark Stephens considers how hard it is to confess wrongdoing.
This International Literacy Day, Natasha Moore celebrates the fact that the goal of universal literacy is so widely held, and ferociously pursued.
Justine Toh asks herself why she’s craving the ocean – salt water, sea wind, coastal walks, the immensity of it all – especially in lockdown.
Barney Zwartz on belonging and loneliness, council curfews, dog walkers, and making friends in lockdown.
Mark Stephens reflects on how our characters are formed in light of the story of former Chicago Bulls legend Luc Longley.
Natasha Moore ponders what 14th-century anchoress Julian of Norwich might teach us about holding onto hope in difficult times.
