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Brisbane Times

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Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Conditioned to seek validation whenever possible, we’re stuck in a vicious cycle of personal and professional updates. But on that note … some...

27.09.2025 9

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Conditioned to seek validation whenever possible, we’re stuck in a vicious cycle of personal and professional updates. But on that note … some...

27.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Conditioned to seek validation whenever possible, we’re stuck in a vicious cycle of personal and professional updates. But on that note … some...

27.09.2025 4

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Some personal news? Announcement culture has gone too far (but this is my final column, farewell)

Conditioned to seek validation whenever possible, we’re stuck in a vicious cycle of personal and professional updates. But on that note … some...

27.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

A psychic said I make smart choices. Seeing her was not one of them

One way to cope with uncertainty is to accept that we won’t ever know what the future holds. Failing that, you can pay a psychic to peddle...

19.09.2025 6

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

A psychic said I make smart choices. Seeing her was not one of them

One way to cope with uncertainty is to accept that we won’t ever know what the future holds. Failing that, you can pay a psychic to peddle...

19.09.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

A psychic said I make smart choices. Seeing her was not one of them

One way to cope with uncertainty is to accept that we won’t ever know what the future holds. Failing that, you can pay a psychic to peddle...

19.09.2025 3

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

A psychic said I make smart choices. Seeing her was not one of them

One way to cope with uncertainty is to accept that we won’t ever know what the future holds. Failing that, you can pay a psychic to peddle...

19.09.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Do you see what I see? (And more importantly, is it a whale?)

What started as a spiritual quest to get up close and personal with nature’s most breathtaking mammal ended in an existential crisis.

13.09.2025 10

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Do you see what I see? (And more importantly, is it a whale?)

What started as a spiritual quest to get up close and personal with nature’s most breathtaking mammal ended in an existential crisis.

13.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Do you see what I see? (And more importantly, is it a whale?)

What started as a spiritual quest to get up close and personal with nature’s most breathtaking mammal ended in an existential crisis.

13.09.2025 10

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Do you see what I see? (And more importantly, is it a whale?)

What started as a spiritual quest to get up close and personal with nature’s most breathtaking mammal ended in an existential crisis.

13.09.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

The emotional torture of recommending something you love to someone you like

If sharing is caring, why won’t you watch, read or listen to the thing I specifically mentioned to you, hoping our shared appreciation of it would...

06.09.2025 7

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

The emotional torture of recommending something you love to someone you like

If sharing is caring, why won’t you watch, read or listen to the thing I specifically mentioned to you, hoping our shared appreciation of it would...

06.09.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

The emotional torture of recommending something you love to someone you like

If sharing is caring, why won’t you watch, read or listen to the thing I specifically mentioned to you, hoping our shared appreciation of it would...

06.09.2025 5

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

The emotional torture of recommending something you love to someone you like

If sharing is caring, why won’t you watch, read or listen to the thing I specifically mentioned to you, hoping our shared appreciation of it would...

06.09.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Next stop, Woollahra! The joys of having a train station in your suburb

Schoolkids playing loud music, the aromatic smell of fruit-flavoured vapes and one oddball making everyone uncomfortable – train stations are a...

30.08.2025 4

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Next stop, Woollahra! The joys of having a train station in your suburb

Schoolkids playing loud music, the aromatic smell of fruit-flavoured vapes and one oddball making everyone uncomfortable – train stations are a...

30.08.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Next stop, Woollahra! The joys of having a train station in your suburb

Schoolkids playing loud music, the aromatic smell of fruit-flavoured vapes and one oddball making everyone uncomfortable – train stations are a...

30.08.2025 3

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Next stop, Woollahra! The joys of having a train station in your suburb

Schoolkids playing loud music, the aromatic smell of fruit-flavoured vapes and one oddball making everyone uncomfortable – train stations are a...

30.08.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Game over, Sydney. The sun may be back, but the rain has finally defeated us all

Once a city that was able to weather the weather, this recent bout of record-breaking rain has pushed us all to breaking point. 

23.08.2025 3

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Game over, Sydney. The sun may be back, but the rain has finally defeated us all

Once a city that was able to weather the weather, this recent bout of record-breaking rain has pushed us all to breaking point. 

23.08.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Game over, Sydney. The sun may be back, but the rain has finally defeated us all

Once a city that was able to weather the weather, this recent bout of record-breaking rain has pushed us all to breaking point. 

23.08.2025 5

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Game over, Sydney. The sun may be back, but the rain has finally defeated us all

Once a city that was able to weather the weather, this recent bout of record-breaking rain has pushed us all to breaking point. 

23.08.2025 2

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Fine dining is not welcome here. Long live the depressing food court

Designed to be a dimly lit place where sad people can eat alone together, the food court is being turned into something it is not by our relentless...

16.08.2025 8

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Fine dining is not welcome here. Long live the depressing food court

Designed to be a dimly lit place where sad people can eat alone together, the food court is being turned into something it is not by our relentless...

16.08.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Fine dining is not welcome here. Long live the depressing food court

Designed to be a dimly lit place where sad people can eat alone together, the food court is being turned into something it is not by our relentless...

16.08.2025 7

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Fine dining is not welcome here. Long live the depressing food court

Designed to be a dimly lit place where sad people can eat alone together, the food court is being turned into something it is not by our relentless...

16.08.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Targeted ads are talking to me. I don’t like what they’re saying

Bulge-enhancing underwear, a T-shirt designed to hide your DadBod and endless promotions for hair transplants. If Big Tech has our data, why are...

02.08.2025 7

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Targeted ads are talking to me. I don’t like what they’re saying

Bulge-enhancing underwear, a T-shirt designed to hide your DadBod and endless promotions for hair transplants. If Big Tech has our data, why are...

02.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Targeted ads are talking to me. I don’t like what they’re saying

Bulge-enhancing underwear, a T-shirt designed to hide your DadBod and endless promotions for hair transplants. If Big Tech has our data, why are...

02.08.2025 7

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Targeted ads are talking to me. I don’t like what they’re saying

Bulge-enhancing underwear, a T-shirt designed to hide your DadBod and endless promotions for hair transplants. If Big Tech has our data, why are...

02.08.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Who will win the Gold Logie? And why will it be Lynne McGranger?

Recent history suggests that the Gold Logie winner typically comes from the network that broadcasts the Logies, which is excellent news for Channel...

25.07.2025 10

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Who will win the Gold Logie? And why will it be Lynne McGranger?

Recent history suggests that the Gold Logie winner typically comes from the network that broadcasts the Logies, which is excellent news for Channel...

25.07.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Who will win the Gold Logie? And why will it be Lynne McGranger?

Recent history suggests that the Gold Logie winner typically comes from the network that broadcasts the Logies, which is excellent news for Channel...

25.07.2025 10

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Who will win the Gold Logie? And why will it be Lynne McGranger?

Recent history suggests that the Gold Logie winner typically comes from the network that broadcasts the Logies, which is excellent news for Channel...

25.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Want to ruin your weekend and make a bunch of enemies? Attend an open home

Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

19.07.2025 2

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Want to ruin your weekend and make a bunch of enemies? Attend an open home

Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

19.07.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Want to ruin your weekend and make a bunch of enemies? Attend an open home

Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

19.07.2025 10

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Want to ruin your weekend and make a bunch of enemies? Attend an open home

Cramming into an unfamiliar house with a collection of strangers on a Saturday morning is a great way to become the worst version of yourself.

19.07.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Birthday cakes have become the new battleground for fathers. I blame Hamish Blake

The “Hamish Blake cake night” phenomenon is having real-world consequences for stressed-out fathers, including me.

12.07.2025 8

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Birthday cakes have become the new battleground for fathers. I blame Hamish Blake

The “Hamish Blake cake night” phenomenon is having real-world consequences for stressed-out fathers, including me.

12.07.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

Birthday cakes have become the new battleground for fathers. I blame Hamish Blake

The “Hamish Blake cake night” phenomenon is having real-world consequences for stressed-out fathers, including me.

12.07.2025 10

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

Birthday cakes have become the new battleground for fathers. I blame Hamish Blake

The “Hamish Blake cake night” phenomenon is having real-world consequences for stressed-out fathers, including me.

12.07.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

The customer isn’t always right (or up for a chat). All hail the uninterested shop assistant

Retail workers have a thankless job, but the best ones are those who understand the importance of leaving you alone.

28.06.2025 4

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

The customer isn’t always right (or up for a chat). All hail the uninterested shop assistant

Retail workers have a thankless job, but the best ones are those who understand the importance of leaving you alone.

28.06.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell

The customer isn’t always right (or up for a chat). All hail the uninterested shop assistant

Retail workers have a thankless job, but the best ones are those who understand the importance of leaving you alone.

28.06.2025 3

The Age

Thomas Mitchell

The customer isn’t always right (or up for a chat). All hail the uninterested shop assistant

Retail workers have a thankless job, but the best ones are those who understand the importance of leaving you alone.

28.06.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Thomas Mitchell

Your cooking looks disgusting. Please, never stop posting it on Instagram

In a world of micromanaged social media posts, the slop being served up and shared online is something to celebrate.

21.06.2025 10

WA Today

Thomas Mitchell

Your cooking looks disgusting. Please, never stop posting it on Instagram

In a world of micromanaged social media posts, the slop being served up and shared online is something to celebrate.

21.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Thomas Mitchell