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Richard Glover

Brisbane Times

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I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

How to yelp with just enough stoicism to secure a sympathy snack.

friday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

How to yelp with just enough stoicism to secure a sympathy snack.

friday 10

The Age

Richard Glover

I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

How to yelp with just enough stoicism to secure a sympathy snack.

friday 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

I traded my knee for a lifetime of telling people how brave I am

How to yelp with just enough stoicism to secure a sympathy snack.

friday 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

Were Australian men as well travelled in this era? What made these women so keen?

27.02.2026 9

WA Today

Richard Glover

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

Were Australian men as well travelled in this era? What made these women so keen?

27.02.2026 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

Were Australian men as well travelled in this era? What made these women so keen?

27.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

The game dames: The bold Australian women who found the world, then brought it home

Were Australian men as well travelled in this era? What made these women so keen?

27.02.2026 9

The Age

Richard Glover

The case for more negativity: Why aspirational media is making us miserable

No one wants to advertise their own failure, only their successes.

21.02.2026 10

The Age

Richard Glover

The case for more negativity: Why aspirational media is making us miserable

No one wants to advertise their own failure, only their successes.

21.02.2026 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

The case for more negativity: Why aspirational media is making us miserable

No one wants to advertise their own failure, only their successes.

21.02.2026 100

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

The case for more negativity: Why aspirational media is making us miserable

No one wants to advertise their own failure, only their successes.

21.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

I’m an expert at love. These 25 things will make a relationship last forever

Gather round, kids - I have some hard-won advice to help you this Valentine’s Day.

13.02.2026 100

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

I’m an expert at love. These 25 things will make a relationship last forever

Gather round, kids - I have some hard-won advice to help you this Valentine’s Day.

13.02.2026 8

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

I’m an expert at love. These 25 things will make a relationship last forever

Gather round, kids - I have some hard-won advice to help you this Valentine’s Day.

13.02.2026 8

The Age

Richard Glover

I’m an expert at love. These 25 things will make a relationship last forever

Gather round, kids - I have some hard-won advice to help you this Valentine’s Day.

13.02.2026 7

WA Today

Richard Glover

Why the backyard dunny is Australia’s most important literary setting

It turns out the Great Australian Novel was born in a corrugated iron shack where the flies are fast and the soul-searching is mandatory.

28.01.2026 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

Why the backyard dunny is Australia’s most important literary setting

It turns out the Great Australian Novel was born in a corrugated iron shack where the flies are fast and the soul-searching is mandatory.

28.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

Why the backyard dunny is Australia’s most important literary setting

It turns out the Great Australian Novel was born in a corrugated iron shack where the flies are fast and the soul-searching is mandatory.

28.01.2026 9

The Age

Richard Glover

Why the backyard dunny is Australia’s most important literary setting

It turns out the Great Australian Novel was born in a corrugated iron shack where the flies are fast and the soul-searching is mandatory.

28.01.2026 6

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

Twenty-six reminders why Australia is still the best place in the world

We invented the game Goon of Fortune (then, admittedly, found no one else wanted it).

23.01.2026 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

Twenty-six reminders why Australia is still the best place in the world

We invented the game Goon of Fortune (then, admittedly, found no one else wanted it).

23.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

Twenty-six reminders why Australia is still the best place in the world

We invented the game Goon of Fortune (then, admittedly, found no one else wanted it).

23.01.2026 20

The Age

Richard Glover

Twenty-six reminders why Australia is still the best place in the world

We invented the game Goon of Fortune (then, admittedly, found no one else wanted it).

23.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

The sacred relics of the beach holiday (feat. Kellogg’s Variety Packs)

From the brutal sibling wars over Coco Pops to the engineering genius of a perfectly packed Esky, these are the 20 humble objects that define our...

08.01.2026 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

The sacred relics of the beach holiday (feat. Kellogg’s Variety Packs)

From the brutal sibling wars over Coco Pops to the engineering genius of a perfectly packed Esky, these are the 20 humble objects that define our...

08.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

The sacred relics of the beach holiday (feat. Kellogg’s Variety Packs)

From the brutal sibling wars over Coco Pops to the engineering genius of a perfectly packed Esky, these are the 20 humble objects that define our...

08.01.2026 10

The Age

Richard Glover

The sacred relics of the beach holiday (feat. Kellogg’s Variety Packs)

From the brutal sibling wars over Coco Pops to the engineering genius of a perfectly packed Esky, these are the 20 humble objects that define our...

08.01.2026 9

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

These are my 20 definite, undeniable, guaranteed predictions for 2026

Look, I’m often wrong. But not this time.

01.01.2026 20

WA Today

Richard Glover

These are my 20 definite, undeniable, guaranteed predictions for 2026

Look, I’m often wrong. But not this time.

01.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

These are my 20 definite, undeniable, guaranteed predictions for 2026

Look, I’m often wrong. But not this time.

01.01.2026 9

The Age

Richard Glover

These are my 20 definite, undeniable, guaranteed predictions for 2026

Look, I’m often wrong. But not this time.

01.01.2026 9

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

From deleting thousands of dog photos to finally admitting the green velour jacket was a mistake, here is my brutally honest manifesto.

26.12.2025 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

From deleting thousands of dog photos to finally admitting the green velour jacket was a mistake, here is my brutally honest manifesto.

26.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

From deleting thousands of dog photos to finally admitting the green velour jacket was a mistake, here is my brutally honest manifesto.

26.12.2025 10

The Age

Richard Glover

Thirty-five ways I plan to fail at being a better person in 2026

From deleting thousands of dog photos to finally admitting the green velour jacket was a mistake, here is my brutally honest manifesto.

26.12.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

All I want for Christmas is for the Elf on the Shelf to disappear

From missing batteries and gendered Lego to the self-assembly misery of a 40-degree day, here is a grown-up’s official wish list.

18.12.2025 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

All I want for Christmas is for the Elf on the Shelf to disappear

From missing batteries and gendered Lego to the self-assembly misery of a 40-degree day, here is a grown-up’s official wish list.

18.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

All I want for Christmas is for the Elf on the Shelf to disappear

From missing batteries and gendered Lego to the self-assembly misery of a 40-degree day, here is a grown-up’s official wish list.

18.12.2025 9

The Age

Richard Glover

All I want for Christmas is for the Elf on the Shelf to disappear

From missing batteries and gendered Lego to the self-assembly misery of a 40-degree day, here is a grown-up’s official wish list.

18.12.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

Why science says you should let your dog lick your face

A new study reveals that the key to a healthy gut and a happy life might just be a big, wet kiss from your pooch.

12.12.2025 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

Why science says you should let your dog lick your face

A new study reveals that the key to a healthy gut and a happy life might just be a big, wet kiss from your pooch.

12.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

Why science says you should let your dog lick your face

A new study reveals that the key to a healthy gut and a happy life might just be a big, wet kiss from your pooch.

12.12.2025 20

The Age

Richard Glover

Why science says you should let your dog lick your face

A new study reveals that the key to a healthy gut and a happy life might just be a big, wet kiss from your pooch.

12.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

Guests are coming to stay for Christmas. Let the charade begin

The real gift of Christmas is being forced to clean the house for the first time in a year.

06.12.2025 10

The Age

Richard Glover

Guests are coming to stay for Christmas. Let the charade begin

The real gift of Christmas is being forced to clean the house for the first time in a year.

06.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Richard Glover

Guests are coming to stay for Christmas. Let the charade begin

The real gift of Christmas is being forced to clean the house for the first time in a year.

05.12.2025 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

Guests are coming to stay for Christmas. Let the charade begin

The real gift of Christmas is being forced to clean the house for the first time in a year.

05.12.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover

Warning: Take excessive caution reading this column

Why does everything these days come with a warning?

28.11.2025 10

WA Today

Richard Glover

Warning: Take excessive caution reading this column

Why does everything these days come with a warning?

28.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Richard Glover