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Brigid Delaney

Brigid Delaney

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The death of Bikram Lama – Sydney’s ‘birdman’ of St James tunnel – has shaken me. What is happening to our city?

The death of Bikram Lama – Sydney’s ‘birdman’ of St James tunnel – has shaken me. What is happening to our city?

In the daily horror of this year’s news cycle, it’s difficult to be shocked. But all yesterday I couldn’t stop thinking about Bikram Lama, with...

21.04.2026 9

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Brigid Delaney

Meghan has been cast as the inverse to Diana, a photonegative of adoration. Why do we need scapegoats?

Whatever unhinged parasocial relationship the adoring public had with Diana, Princess of Wales, their relationship with the Duchess of Sussex is its...

17.04.2026 10

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The world is gripped by 3am dread thanks to an unhinged US president. Can someone turn the history machine off?

That funny feeling is back – the one many of us felt at the start of the Covid pandemic, where we had to absorb and accommodate things that once...

14.04.2026 10

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Brigid Delaney

Expat influencers sold Dubai to the world and were paid to look the other way. Now the dream is crumbling

For people living in close proximity to a war zone, the lack of sympathy for Australian and British expats and influencers in Dubai has been, on the...

30.03.2026 20

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Hollywood’s idea of beauty once meant polished and slim, not altered and gaunt. This new look is unsettling

Once upon a time in Hollywood, if you were an actor preparing to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards, you might have been fasting to fit into...

12.03.2026 20

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Brigid Delaney

Conspiracy theorists feed on distrust in institutions – the Epstein files will embolden them

Not so long ago, if you said there was a shadowy cabal of elites who were involved in the sex trafficking of young women and girls and that some of...

20.02.2026 70

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What’s an economic forum that we can all get behind?

23.01.2026 20

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Brigid Delaney

The ‘good life’ in Australia is about access to the beach. This week’s shark attacks feel like the natural world is striking back

23.01.2026 20

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Brigid Delaney

Bondi beach’s golden light can never be extinguished. It has always returned from its darkest days

20.12.2025 20

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Brigid Delaney

AI is filling the God void for many – but is ChatGPT really something to worship?

12.12.2025 60

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Is climate change really something we need to stress about?

14.11.2025 20

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Somebody to love: should AI relationships stay taboo or will they become the intelligent choice?

14.11.2025 20

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Brigid Delaney

Critical thinking is one of the most important aspects of being human, according to Stoicism. So why are we handing it over to a machine?

18.10.2025 30

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Brigid Delaney