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Joseph Earp

The Guardian

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Tasmania’s Mount Arthur: a place awash with the true sort of quiet that soaks into your skin

As a younger and more headstrong man – as in, when I was very annoying – I arranged much of my life around a sentiment expressed most clearly by...

22.03.2026 10

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Joseph Earp

Born to run: how exercise expanded the landscape of my life and got my mind on track

11.12.2025 20

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Joseph Earp

Australia’s quietest cockatoo is running out of trees. We have betrayed its gentle curiosity

17.09.2025 10

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Joseph Earp

We once loved pigeons. We might not remember that, but they do

04.08.2025 30

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Joseph Earp

A cookbook taught me everything I know about home – and sobriety

05.06.2025 20

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Joseph Earp

AI promises to free up time. But what if it spares us from learning, writing, painting and exploring the world?

As much as I have the general vibe of a luddite (strange hobbies, socially maladjusted, unfathomable fashion choices, etc) I have to hand it to...

30.03.2025 20

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My pet rat is dying. I can’t stop thinking about all the things he taught me

13.03.2025 10

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Joseph Earp

Everyone asks me about my plans for having children. A nest of noisy miner birds has taught me how to respond

27.01.2025 10

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Joseph Earp