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All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All I wanted was an activity that I could do regularly, that was distinct from work and make me sound a bit more interesting. Then I started doing the...

29.06.2025 4

WA Today

Shona Hendley

All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All I wanted was an activity that I could do regularly, that was distinct from work and make me sound a bit more interesting. Then I started doing the...

29.06.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All I wanted was an activity that I could do regularly, that was distinct from work and make me sound a bit more interesting. Then I started doing the...

29.06.2025 6

The Age

Shona Hendley

All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All year, I’ve tried to find a new hobby. One major problem is crushing my efforts

All I wanted was an activity that I could do regularly, that was distinct from work and make me sound a bit more interesting. Then I started doing the...

29.06.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

School is back, and the rule parents repeatedly ignore has me feeling sick

Year after year, schools will ask parents to adhere to the guidelines, yet these pleas will all be ignored no matter how nicely worded the newsletter...

30.01.2025 1

WA Today

Shona Hendley

School is back, and the rule parents repeatedly ignore has me feeling sick

Year after year, schools will ask parents to adhere to the guidelines, yet these pleas will all be ignored no matter how nicely worded the newsletter...

30.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

School is back, and the rule parents repeatedly ignore has me feeling sick

Year after year, schools will ask parents to adhere to the guidelines, yet these pleas will all be ignored no matter how nicely worded the newsletter...

30.01.2025 60

The Age

Shona Hendley

School is back, and the rule parents repeatedly ignore has me feeling sick

Year after year, schools will ask parents to adhere to the guidelines, yet these pleas will all be ignored no matter how nicely worded the newsletter...

30.01.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

Bracing for a bad bushfire season, this year I’m packing two emergency kits

On a hot and blustery weekend in November, when fire restrictions in most Victorian municipalities hadn’t yet commenced, the state experienced its...

15.12.2024 3

WA Today

Shona Hendley

Bracing for a bad bushfire season, this year I’m packing two emergency kits

On a hot and blustery weekend in November, when fire restrictions in most Victorian municipalities hadn’t yet commenced, the state experienced its...

15.12.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

Bracing for a bad bushfire season, this year I’m packing two emergency kits

On a hot and blustery weekend in November, when fire restrictions in most Victorian municipalities hadn’t yet commenced, the state experienced its...

15.12.2024 5

The Age

Shona Hendley

Bracing for a bad bushfire season, this year I’m packing two emergency kits

On a hot and blustery weekend in November, when fire restrictions in most Victorian municipalities hadn’t yet commenced, the state experienced its...

15.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

An Advent calendar for $200,000? Now that’s a very merry Christmas

When Eartha Kitt sultrily sang her Christmas wish list in Santa Baby – a 1954 convertible (in light blue), a yacht, a ring, Christmas tree...

02.12.2024 3

WA Today

Shona Hendley

An Advent calendar for $200,000? Now that’s a very merry Christmas

When Eartha Kitt sultrily sang her Christmas wish list in Santa Baby – a 1954 convertible (in light blue), a yacht, a ring, Christmas tree...

02.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

An Advent calendar for $200,000? Now that’s a very merry Christmas

When Eartha Kitt sultrily sang her Christmas wish list in Santa Baby – a 1954 convertible (in light blue), a yacht, a ring, Christmas tree...

02.12.2024 5

The Age

Shona Hendley

An Advent calendar for $200,000? Now that’s a very merry Christmas

When Eartha Kitt sultrily sang her Christmas wish list in Santa Baby – a 1954 convertible (in light blue), a yacht, a ring, Christmas tree...

02.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

Why Starbucks is crashing in the US, but booming in Australia

What was once a backseat plea from my daughter for a McDonald’s Happy Meal has morphed into a passenger-side appeal for a Starbucks Strawberries &...

13.11.2024 10

WA Today

Shona Hendley

Why Starbucks is crashing in the US, but booming in Australia

What was once a backseat plea from my daughter for a McDonald’s Happy Meal has morphed into a passenger-side appeal for a Starbucks Strawberries &...

13.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

Why Starbucks is crashing in the US, but booming in Australia

What was once a backseat plea from my daughter for a McDonald’s Happy Meal has morphed into a passenger-side appeal for a Starbucks Strawberries &...

13.11.2024 4

The Age

Shona Hendley

Why Starbucks is crashing in the US, but booming in Australia

What was once a backseat plea from my daughter for a McDonald’s Happy Meal has morphed into a passenger-side appeal for a Starbucks Strawberries &...

13.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

No, Margot Robbie hasn’t ‘let herself go’. She’s pregnant

“Barbie is not Barbie-ing any more.” “It’s like watching your favourite pub burn down.” “She used to be hot.” There’s nothing quite like reading a...

06.10.2024 1

WA Today

Shona Hendley

No, Margot Robbie hasn’t ‘let herself go’. She’s pregnant

“Barbie is not Barbie-ing any more.” “It’s like watching your favourite pub burn down.” “She used to be hot.” There’s nothing quite like reading a...

06.10.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

No, Margot Robbie hasn’t ‘let herself go’. She’s pregnant

“Barbie is not Barbie-ing any more.” “It’s like watching your favourite pub burn down.” “She used to be hot.” There’s nothing quite like reading a...

06.10.2024 1

The Age

Shona Hendley

No, Margot Robbie hasn’t ‘let herself go’. She’s pregnant

“Barbie is not Barbie-ing any more.” “It’s like watching your favourite pub burn down.” “She used to be hot.” There’s nothing quite like reading a...

06.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

Family game night made me realise I have more in common with the Royal Family than I thought

Watching the bucolic scenes of familial bliss and intergenerational card games being played around a kitchen table portrayed in the Princess of...

22.09.2024 1

WA Today

Shona Hendley

Family game night made me realise I have more in common with the Royal Family than I thought

Watching the bucolic scenes of familial bliss and intergenerational card games being played around a kitchen table portrayed in the Princess of...

22.09.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

Family game night made me realise I have more in common with the Royal Family than I thought

Watching the bucolic scenes of familial bliss and intergenerational card games being played around a kitchen table portrayed in the Princess of...

22.09.2024 2

The Age

Shona Hendley

Family game night made me realise I have more in common with the Royal Family than I thought

Watching the bucolic scenes of familial bliss and intergenerational card games being played around a kitchen table portrayed in the Princess of...

22.09.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

Why it’s time to give up on trying to be a cool parent

Aside from death and taxes, one thing is certain: Lenny Kravitz will always be the epitome of quintessential cool. A career that spans decades, a...

25.08.2024 1

WA Today

Shona Hendley

Why it’s time to give up on trying to be a cool parent

Aside from death and taxes, one thing is certain: Lenny Kravitz will always be the epitome of quintessential cool. A career that spans decades, a...

25.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley

Why it’s time to give up on trying to be a cool parent

Aside from death and taxes, one thing is certain: Lenny Kravitz will always be the epitome of quintessential cool. A career that spans decades, a...

25.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

Why it’s time to give up on trying to be a cool parent

Aside from death and taxes, one thing is certain: Lenny Kravitz will always be the epitome of quintessential cool. A career that spans decades, a...

25.08.2024 1

The Age

Shona Hendley

Kamala’s secret sauce: Working in fast food sets you up for success

McPresident Kamala Harris? While I’m personally lovin’ the sound of that – despite Harris holding a part-time position at McDonald’s during...

24.08.2024 1

WA Today

Shona Hendley

Kamala’s secret sauce: Working in fast food sets you up for success

McPresident Kamala Harris? While I’m personally lovin’ the sound of that – despite Harris holding a part-time position at McDonald’s during...

24.08.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shona Hendley

Kamala’s secret sauce: Working in fast food sets you up for success

McPresident Kamala Harris? While I’m personally lovin’ the sound of that – despite Harris holding a part-time position at McDonald’s during...

24.08.2024 1

The Age

Shona Hendley

Kamala’s secret sauce: Working in fast food sets you up for success

McPresident Kamala Harris? While I’m personally lovin’ the sound of that – despite Harris holding a part-time position at McDonald’s during...

24.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Shona Hendley