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Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

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WA Today

David Astle

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

latest 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

latest 1

The Age

David Astle

Feeling puzzled? This is how crosswords soothe us in hectic times

I can monster a cryptic before my beer goes flat, but what’s the hurry?

latest 1

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 7

WA Today

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 8

The Age

David Astle

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Is the brat spoilt or spoiled? The debate rages on

Few questions in the English language rankle like the mess of spoil.

28.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 6

WA Today

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 9

The Age

David Astle

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Pusillanimous? Turnbull’s $50 retort is a soundbite for the ages

Trump might be a bully, but Malcolm Turnbull’s got sesquipedalian loquaciousness on his side.

18.03.2025 7

Brisbane Times

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 9

WA Today

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

I thought I knew the word - until an audiobook told me different

At some point, we’ve all fallen victim to Calliope Syndrome.

14.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

be an anti-capitalist: here’s the case for going full lower-case

Gen Z cops the flak for making lower-case language a trend. But they’re not the first.

07.03.2025 7

WA Today

David Astle

be an anti-capitalist: here’s the case for going full lower-case

Gen Z cops the flak for making lower-case language a trend. But they’re not the first.

07.03.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

be an anti-capitalist: here’s the case for going full lower-case

Gen Z cops the flak for making lower-case language a trend. But they’re not the first.

07.03.2025 9

The Age

David Astle

be an anti-capitalist: here’s the case for going full lower-case

Gen Z cops the flak for making lower-case language a trend. But they’re not the first.

07.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

David Astle

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

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

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

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