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Brisbane Times

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What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

No one loves a sporting metaphor like NSW Premier Chris Minns.

27.02.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

No one loves a sporting metaphor like NSW Premier Chris Minns.

27.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

No one loves a sporting metaphor like NSW Premier Chris Minns.

27.02.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

What he says and what he Minns: Deciphering the premier’s sport-speak

No one loves a sporting metaphor like NSW Premier Chris Minns.

27.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

A publisher from Simon & Schuster has banned the blurb. Personally, I’m torn.

14.02.2025 7

WA Today

David Astle

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

A publisher from Simon & Schuster has banned the blurb. Personally, I’m torn.

14.02.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

A publisher from Simon & Schuster has banned the blurb. Personally, I’m torn.

14.02.2025 5

The Age

David Astle

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

Down with ‘unputdownable’: Is there a case for boycotting book blurbs?

A publisher from Simon & Schuster has banned the blurb. Personally, I’m torn.

14.02.2025 9

Brisbane Times

David Astle

‘Bouncy pork’ and ‘clown bus’: The new words that went viral overseas

Before 2025 gets too old, let’s see the alternative coinages that captured the global year that was.

06.02.2025 6

WA Today

David Astle

‘Bouncy pork’ and ‘clown bus’: The new words that went viral overseas

Before 2025 gets too old, let’s see the alternative coinages that captured the global year that was.

06.02.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

‘Bouncy pork’ and ‘clown bus’: The new words that went viral overseas

Before 2025 gets too old, let’s see the alternative coinages that captured the global year that was.

06.02.2025 3

The Age

David Astle

‘Bouncy pork’ and ‘clown bus’: The new words that went viral overseas

Before 2025 gets too old, let’s see the alternative coinages that captured the global year that was.

06.02.2025 4

Brisbane Times

David Astle

The latest nightmare of Trump 2.0? Our new brocabulary

Amid the US president’s new broligarchy, “bro” is shaping as the prefix of the moment.

29.01.2025 7

WA Today

David Astle

The latest nightmare of Trump 2.0? Our new brocabulary

Amid the US president’s new broligarchy, “bro” is shaping as the prefix of the moment.

29.01.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

The latest nightmare of Trump 2.0? Our new brocabulary

Amid the US president’s new broligarchy, “bro” is shaping as the prefix of the moment.

29.01.2025 7

The Age

David Astle

The latest nightmare of Trump 2.0? Our new brocabulary

Amid the US president’s new broligarchy, “bro” is shaping as the prefix of the moment.

29.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

Long ago, humans blamed the stars for shaping their destiny. Verona had its star-crossed lovers, say, just as stars aligned, or ancient armies...

06.12.2024 5

WA Today

David Astle

The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

Long ago, humans blamed the stars for shaping their destiny. Verona had its star-crossed lovers, say, just as stars aligned, or ancient armies...

06.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

Long ago, humans blamed the stars for shaping their destiny. Verona had its star-crossed lovers, say, just as stars aligned, or ancient armies...

06.12.2024 4

The Age

David Astle

The most unexpected way influencers are influencing us

Long ago, humans blamed the stars for shaping their destiny. Verona had its star-crossed lovers, say, just as stars aligned, or ancient armies...

06.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 6

WA Today

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 7

The Age

David Astle

Macquarie’s word of the year is the perfect emblem for a grim era

By now, you’ll know Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. In case you don’t, let me give you a hint. We live in a world of pop-up ads,...

29.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage,...

15.11.2024 5

WA Today

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage,...

15.11.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage,...

15.11.2024 4

The Age

David Astle

From Klingon to Elvish, what’s your favourite made-up language?

Young John fell in love with the coal trains clinking through Birmingham. Less the rolling stock than the mystery words on each carriage,...

15.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective)....

07.11.2024 7

WA Today

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective)....

07.11.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective)....

07.11.2024 5

The Age

David Astle

A ban on saying ‘no worries’? They don’t understand

Every year, Lake Superior State University gets superior about words, seeking to ban rizz or sus, impact (as a verb) or slay (as an adjective)....

07.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new...

01.11.2024 3

WA Today

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new...

01.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new...

01.11.2024 3

The Age

David Astle

Haitch is for horrified: How my column launched a H-bomb

Letters go missing. Have you noticed? Others give up spots to new letters or change their sound. Just as some letters hop into bed with new...

01.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 6

WA Today

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 7

The Age

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 5

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Here, there and everywhen: The English language has a tense problem

Richard Flanagan is drowning. Trapped in a kayak, wedged underwater, he sips from a pocket of air inside the Franklin’s roar. The fibreglass is...

25.10.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 4

WA Today

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 4

The Age

David Astle

Pretty, pretty good: How Larry David changed the English language

You’re looking for a cab on a busy street, when a man appears, also on the lookout. Except he’s a block nearer to oncoming traffic. Unfair! Not to...

27.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 5

WA Today

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 5

The Age

David Astle

Binge-watching? I’ve been doing it since the ’70s

“Binge (noun): a short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.” To quote most dictionaries, along with binge...

20.09.2024 3

Brisbane Times

David Astle

It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

According to Google, Tom Faber is dead. A genuine shock for the English freelancer, whose appetite remains hearty. Baffled, Faber dropped Google a...

11.09.2024 2

WA Today

David Astle

It’s hard to convince Google you’re not dead - just ask Tom Faber

According to Google, Tom Faber is dead. A genuine shock for the English freelancer, whose appetite remains hearty. Baffled, Faber dropped Google a...

11.09.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle