When it comes to dining out,I will always choose the kid’s menu
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When it comes to dining out,I will always choose the kid’s menu

Despite failing the age limit,a recent week-long road trip made me yearn for food that was simpler,smaller,and cheaper than what’s usually on offer.

  • byMelissa Mason

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I saved a stranger’s life at the beach. I’m not sure I’d do it again
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I saved a stranger’s life at the beach. I’m not sure I’d do it again

After four hours of blissful relaxation,we were packing up the sand toys when I heard a man ask:“Is that your son out there?”

  • byRowland Melville
There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s

There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s

My collection of books,newspapers and other stuff has been growing very satisfactorily,despite the hopes of executives who introduced hot-desking.

  • byTony Wright
My least favourite thing

My least favourite thing

Age journalists and writers share their humorous,poignant and thought-provoking tales about the objects in their lives that they just can’t seem to get rid of.

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I have magic pants that once transformed me. For many reasons,they now haunt me

I have magic pants that once transformed me. For many reasons,they now haunt me

Each time I buttoned them up I felt transformed from a twenty-something aspiring writer to a fully-fledged adult who knew things.

  • byNova Weetman
I’ve never been able to wink,and Nonna’s creepy rabbit never let me forget it

I’ve never been able to wink,and Nonna’s creepy rabbit never let me forget it

No one in my family remembers where the porcelain rabbit money box came from,only that it has always been there.

  • byHannah Kennelly
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When Heather was dying,questions formed in my mind that I had never entertained

When Heather was dying,questions formed in my mind that I had never entertained

There are three immovable orange objects in my house. One is very soft,one is very comfortable,and the third is a cheap piece of plastic that no one else would give a second thought.

  • byMaher Mughrabi
I’m not striving for better in 2025. I’m hitting ‘unsubscribe’
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I’m not striving for better in 2025. I’m hitting ‘unsubscribe’

I resolve to be worse than ever in the new year.

  • byGenevieve Novak
How 2024 became the year of the trophy boyfriend

How 2024 became the year of the trophy boyfriend

From Travis Kelce to Barry Keoghan and Adam Hyde,the “first boyfriends” of A-List women set the internet on fire this year.

  • byMadison Griffiths
The year girl power got a joyous update
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The year girl power got a joyous update

From pop culture and sport to royalty and the natural world,plenty of diamonds dazzled in the dust in 2024.

  • byNeil McMahon
The objects of 2024 and the people they made – or brought down
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Opinion

The objects of 2024 and the people they made – or brought down

We know the supposed Person of the Year,but let’s look at the objects of 2024 – from the planter box that brought down Barnaby Joyce to the video camera that brought 51 men to justice.

  • byJulia Baird