Garry Linnell
Why regular driver’s licence testing should be all the rage
It was an ugly stretch of highway. Rain tumbled from an angry sky. Pools of water settled on the bitumen. Wind gusts...
Are bricks-and-mortar shops really going out of fashion? Well, if the shoe fits …
The shoes were a gift. Bad idea in the first place. You know the rule. Buy an article of clothing as a...
The aged-care crisis is not black and white – but we could learn a thing or two from Nan
My Nan was the grandmother every family deserves. No Michelin chef could match her pavlovas. No therapist could match her comforting arms....
Disgusted by drug cheats? Time to take our heads out of the clouds of a fantasy sporting world
The crowd rises to its feet. The applause is deafening. An astonishing performance has just taken place and now hearts are soaring...
Google Home makes you wonder just how stupid we are becoming
It’s her voice I’ll miss the most, which is funny because she was never a great conversationalist. She had a soothing tone...
The man who should have been the first to walk on the moon
There’s a five-year-old kid sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the TV. His freckled face is framed by a severe...
Fake steak with a side of hate? Vegans leave a bad taste in the mouth
It looks like a burger. Feels like one, too. When it hits the pan it sizzles and spits and small gobs of fat...
Garry Linnell: It’s a sin to put money in the church collection plate
We went because of the kid. He’s only 11 years old, this godson of ours, still in the last days of innocence,...
Tom Gleeson and television’s fine young cannibals
Just over a decade ago I sat in an office at Channel Nine’s headquarters in Sydney deciding whether to stop a high-profile...