My work has appeared in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, Crikey, NME, Australian Book Review, The Adelaide Review, InDaily, and more.
Here are some highlights.
Features
Sole of a nation: the Aboriginal history of the R.M. Williams boot for The Monthly
‘Imagine if it died on my watch?’ The fight to save one ‘ancient’ Adelaide tree for The Guardian
The ‘dangerous’ Australian women whose art was dismissed, forgotten – and even set on fire for The Guardian
Young Rupert Murdoch and the ‘poison pen’ trial that hauled him to court for Crikey
‘We knew we couldn’t stop everything’: a fire controller looks back on Australia’s black summer for The Guardian
Speaking out on Gaza: Australian creatives and arts organisations struggle to reconcile competing pressures for The Guardian
‘I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy’: one man’s quest to translate War and Peace into ‘bogan Australian’ for The Guardian
‘This could have all been avoided’: how Creative Australia allowed itself to be blindsided over its Venice Biennale pick for The Guardian
Last days of the family-owned fun parks for The Saturday Paper
‘The real thing almost didn’t turn me on enough’: how is online porn shaping the sex lives of young men? for The Guardian
‘Unprecedented’: the fight for Sydney independent bookstore Better Read Than Dead for The Guardian
‘It’s a funeral march’: French artist JR’s powerful eulogy for Australia’s Murray-Darling for The Guardian
From Eric Bogle to Ziggy Ramo: the Australian music challenging the Anzac legacy for The Guardian
‘We’ve had one fight in 15 years’: is the Grace Emily hotel Australia’s best music venue? for The Guardian
‘We are tearing open that wound’: the First Nations artists reclaiming Tasmania for The Guardian
‘Where will the goths go?’: the fight to save Adelaide’s beloved ‘Cranker’ pub from high-rise plans for The Guardian
‘I want to be a Clifty’: Charmian Clift’s unfinished last novel finally gets its moment for The Guardian
‘A very Adelaide thing to do’: who is behind the city’s googly eyes wave? for The Guardian
I’ve never lost sight of the true meaning of Christmas: my birthday for The Guardian
Profiles
Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ for The Guardian
‘It feels deeply human’: Andor’s Genevieve O’Reilly on turning a tiny Star Wars role into one of its biggest for The Guardian
‘I see myself as a royal’: artist Vincent Namatjira on colonialism, satire and his great-grandfather’s legacy for The Guardian
He’s been hanged, stabbed and cut in galleries – now artist Carlos Martiel is being buried alive for The Guardian
The enigmatic Aldous Harding: ‘I’m like the Jim Carrey of the indie world’ for The Guardian
‘I lived in absolute fear of him’: Lech Blaine on finding humanity in the born-again prophets who terrorised his family for The Guardian
Hannah Gadsby on culture wars, pot-stirring and Picasso: ‘I created that circus. I don’t need to watch it’ for The Guardian
Julia Jacklin finds the light: ‘I’ve wasted a lot of energy in my life trying to be cool’ for The Guardian
Erin Phillips: ‘I wanted to do something that gave me joy again’ for The Guardian
‘I just wasn’t being honest’: a true crime author confronts the NT justice system and himself for The Guardian
‘I’m not a lesbian. I’m Isla Roberts’: the 38-year love story that defies labels for The Guardian
Tony McNamara on The Great: ‘Historians have to know we’re making mistakes on purpose’ for The Guardian
Life after a traumatic brain injury: ‘It took me over a year to find out I had an accident’ for The Guardian
‘Detachment was considered a strength’: how a war correspondent’s calling created a trauma timebomb for The Guardian
Holly Throsby on her ‘anti-crime’ novel, inspired by the Lynette Dawson murder investigation for The Guardian
‘We were witness to magic’: ex-Drones drummer Mike Noga’s posthumous swansong for The Guardian
Sinking feelings: Weyes Blood spins millennial malaise into timeless pop for The Adelaide Review
Pop superstar Sam Smith on fighting for their hard-earned liberation for The Age
Grizzly Bear: ‘I can’t imagine starting our band in this climate’ for Broadsheet
‘People started walking out of my gigs’: Darren Hanlon on losing faith and moving home for The Guardian
Alan Cumming: ‘I’m appropriately terrified’ for The Saturday Paper
Profiles
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Reviews and commentary
Restoration Australia: an easy watch about heritage glow-ups or another coat of whitewash? for The Guardian
Paul McCartney’s Australian comeback tour awash with love, Lennon tributes and Beatles medleys for The Guardian
Andor: how a Star Wars deep cut became one of the best TV shows of the year for The Guardian
Stuff the British Stole: Marc Fennell’s TV series wades headfirst into colonial quagmires for The Guardian
Dušan and Voitre Marek: sibling reverie for The Saturday Paper
Vagina tunnels and sneaker closets: the escapist appeal of celebrity house tours for The Guardian
‘So pissed off’: Midnight Oil kick off final tour with a searing, urgent set in Launceston for The Guardian
Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan review – powerful scenes of heartbreak and tenderness for The Guardian
Barbara Hanrahan: paper trail for The Saturday Paper
Sunshine Super Girl review – a warm celebration of Evonne Goolagong Cawley for The Guardian
Adelaide Festival review: Lorde for InReview
Herbs give New Zealand’s 1980s land rights movement a reggae soundtrack for Lindsay Magazine
Womadelaide 2021: Archie Roach bids farewell in a ‘festival’ forced to redefine itself for The Guardian
Frontline: satirical skewering of TV current affairs programs is still uncomfortably relevant for The Guardian
Reborn Rich: a K-drama that’s like Succession – with time travel for The Guardian
Walter Marsh 