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Brisbane Times

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Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

yesterday 10

WA Today

David Astle

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

yesterday 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

yesterday 9

The Age

David Astle

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

Melbourne’s most famous coffee is magic. But who gets to claim it?

A Frankensteined flat white, a global hit, and a trademark tale to pour over.

yesterday 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

09.08.2025 9

WA Today

David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

09.08.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

09.08.2025 3

The Age

David Astle

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

More than words: How we say it best when we say nothing at all

Despite their silence, gestures speak volumes.

09.08.2025 2

Brisbane Times

David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

01.08.2025 4

WA Today

David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

01.08.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

01.08.2025 4

The Age

David Astle

The colour that is tearing families apart

The colour that is tearing families apart

Taupe: do you say it like “rope” or “warp”? Pronunciations that will turn your hair a brownish-grey.

01.08.2025 3

Brisbane Times

David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

11.07.2025 5

WA Today

David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

11.07.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

11.07.2025 7

The Age

David Astle

When I first heard the word ‘keratosis’, I panicked

The problem with medical-ese is that, to the layperson, all the words are equally frightening.

11.07.2025 5

Brisbane Times

David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

04.07.2025 5

WA Today

David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

04.07.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

04.07.2025 4

The Age

David Astle

When the world keeps you awake: Finding sleep in anxious times

Globally, if not personally, life can be too heavy to carry for a day, let alone a night as well.

04.07.2025 3

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 4

WA Today

David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 4

The Age

David Astle

Words keep coming and they don’t stop coming

Dictionary sites are overflowing with limbo words hoping to join the official lexicon.

20.06.2025 3

Brisbane Times

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

14.06.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

14.06.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

14.06.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

How the f--- are we losing at swearing to the Yanks and Poms?

According to a new study, our cussing standards have diminished. Get to f---in’ work, Australia.

14.06.2025 6

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 4

WA Today

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

Why your chippy has a ‘toolbox’ and bullet trains ‘fang it’

The racing roots of “fanging it”, the double meanings of “rooted”, and the uniquely Australian “pub test”.

06.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

This is fine: An existential guide to Australian politics

No goalkeeper. No plan. No meaning. No problem?

30.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 8

WA Today

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 20

The Age

David Astle

Idiom or idiot? Google’s AI Overview is trying its best

Social media users have found that Google’s AI will find meaning in any phrase, no matter how false.

22.05.2025 6

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 7

The Age

David Astle

Why ‘rooting’ means something different to Australian ears

Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don’t root full-stop.

14.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 10

WA Today

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 10

The Age

David Astle

Another casualty of the climate crisis? Our coolest words

Don’t let these words get iced out, I can’t (polar) bear it.

03.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

David Astle

Could this be the best science story of 2025?

Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?

16.04.2025 6

WA Today

David Astle

Could this be the best science story of 2025?

Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?

16.04.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

David Astle