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Brisbane Times

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TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

WA Today

Anson Cameron

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

The Age

Anson Cameron

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 8

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

Sal’s confidence picked up as quickly as her swimming speed. But there was a reason she left me in her wake.

10.01.2025 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

10.01.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

10.01.2025 6

The Age

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

Sal’s confidence picked up as quickly as her swimming speed. But there was a reason she left me in her wake.

10.01.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 6

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 6

The Age

Anson Cameron

I’ll never fix our smoke alarm so it’s just as well the taps leak

I have friends who are practical. They can fix stuff – change washers and lightbulbs, plane lintels, pre-program the coffee machine, outsmart the...

13.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 5

WA Today

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

The man had nowhere to sleep but he still refused my fancy leftovers

The phone rang with good news. I’d won a prize for writing a story and I was $50,000 better off. So I called the fanciest restaurant in our salt-...

29.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

The delusions of the dad-bod Batmans and their Lycra cosplay

As tight-skinned as a python that’s swallowed a village boy, and as gaudy as a Mardi Gras float, the peloton leans one-legged on its bikes waiting...

13.11.2024 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

Aides-memoire are rats cloaked as puppies and will bite your arse. I was once acquainted with a bloke named Fred, a man who swooned at mirrors and...

01.11.2024 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

Aides-memoire are rats cloaked as puppies and will bite your arse. I was once acquainted with a bloke named Fred, a man who swooned at mirrors and...

01.11.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

Aides-memoire are rats cloaked as puppies and will bite your arse. I was once acquainted with a bloke named Fred, a man who swooned at mirrors and...

01.11.2024 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

My trick for remembering names is a bit dodgy. Just ask ‘pooork Sarah’

Aides-memoire are rats cloaked as puppies and will bite your arse. I was once acquainted with a bloke named Fred, a man who swooned at mirrors and...

01.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

The first warm day of spring is the latest pearl strung on a necklace of days that stretch back to your infancy. What is it about this day that...

15.10.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

The first warm day of spring is the latest pearl strung on a necklace of days that stretch back to your infancy. What is it about this day that...

15.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

The first warm day of spring is the latest pearl strung on a necklace of days that stretch back to your infancy. What is it about this day that...

15.10.2024 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

The first warm day of spring is the latest pearl strung on a necklace of days that stretch back to your infancy. What is it about this day that...

15.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Alone, out there in rough seas, I remember what it means to be alive

You can’t see far when you’re swimming in the ocean in rough water. It’s like lying face down among a herd of agitated hogs, closing one eye, and...

03.10.2024 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Alone, out there in rough seas, I remember what it means to be alive

You can’t see far when you’re swimming in the ocean in rough water. It’s like lying face down among a herd of agitated hogs, closing one eye, and...

03.10.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Alone, out there in rough seas, I remember what it means to be alive

You can’t see far when you’re swimming in the ocean in rough water. It’s like lying face down among a herd of agitated hogs, closing one eye, and...

03.10.2024 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

Alone, out there in rough seas, I remember what it means to be alive

You can’t see far when you’re swimming in the ocean in rough water. It’s like lying face down among a herd of agitated hogs, closing one eye, and...

03.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

In the days before cameras, these cops kept us safe in their own way

The ex-coppers have gone to seed in the way pro-athletes do – flat-footed, bung-kneed – a disdain for exercise now it’s no longer a requirement....

20.09.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

In the days before cameras, these cops kept us safe in their own way

The ex-coppers have gone to seed in the way pro-athletes do – flat-footed, bung-kneed – a disdain for exercise now it’s no longer a requirement....

20.09.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

In the days before cameras, these cops kept us safe in their own way

The ex-coppers have gone to seed in the way pro-athletes do – flat-footed, bung-kneed – a disdain for exercise now it’s no longer a requirement....

20.09.2024 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

In the days before cameras, these cops kept us safe in their own way

The ex-coppers have gone to seed in the way pro-athletes do – flat-footed, bung-kneed – a disdain for exercise now it’s no longer a requirement....

20.09.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end, he still called the shots

It was midnight and I had drunk a midnight’s worth of wine and the party was nearly over. I was talking to a friend about the difficulties of...

06.09.2024 2

WA Today

Anson Cameron

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end, he still called the shots

It was midnight and I had drunk a midnight’s worth of wine and the party was nearly over. I was talking to a friend about the difficulties of...

06.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end, he still called the shots

It was midnight and I had drunk a midnight’s worth of wine and the party was nearly over. I was talking to a friend about the difficulties of...

06.09.2024 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

My friend’s big heart gave out. In the end, he still called the shots

It was midnight and I had drunk a midnight’s worth of wine and the party was nearly over. I was talking to a friend about the difficulties of...

06.09.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me, I have nothing to fear

“Write a column in the style of Anson Cameron about a column written by AI.” After an unnervingly brief wait there is this: “The typewriter’s...

23.08.2024 3

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I wanted to walk my dog but a Karen had other ideas. Here’s how I won

A 60-year-old woman with expensive hair and fluoro tights leapt from the ferns and threw her arms out, blocking the track in front of me. “Stop,”...

23.08.2024 4

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me, I have nothing to fear

“Write a column in the style of Anson Cameron about a column written by AI.” After an unnervingly brief wait there is this: “The typewriter’s...

23.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I wanted to walk my dog but a Karen had other ideas. Here’s how I won

A 60-year-old woman with expensive hair and fluoro tights leapt from the ferns and threw her arms out, blocking the track in front of me. “Stop,”...

23.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I asked AI to write this column. Trust me, I have nothing to fear

“Write a column in the style of Anson Cameron about a column written by AI.” After an unnervingly brief wait there is this: “The typewriter’s...

23.08.2024 2

The Age

Anson Cameron

I wanted to walk my dog but a Karen had other ideas. Here’s how I won

A 60-year-old woman with expensive hair and fluoro tights leapt from the ferns and threw her arms out, blocking the track in front of me. “Stop,”...

23.08.2024 4

The Age

Anson Cameron