A fractured jaw just weeks before your AFL debut would stop most players cold. For Sam Lalor, Richmond’s No. 1 draft pick in 2024, it became a prelude to one of the…
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Anya Taylor-Joy makes people stop and look twice — and it’s not just her acting. Between her wide-set eyes, a childhood across three continents, and a chess-prodigy role that turned her into…
What happens when a 182 cm midfielder gets picked 12th in the AFL draft? For North Melbourne, the answer came in the form of Jy Simpkin — a player who turned a…
If you’ve ever tried to list the major Egyptian gods, you might have noticed that different sources give different numbers — nine, eight, twelve, or even five. That’s because ancient Egyptian religion…
Matthew Macfadyen has quietly become one of the most compelling actors working today, though you might not recognise his voice if you only know him from Succession, with a career spanning period…
It’s been 18 years since Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, and the case still refuses to fade. In early June 2025, German and Portuguese police…
Searching for ‘Caroline Wilson’ online returns four distinct women, but only one has shaped AFL journalism at The Age for decades. The Walkley Award-winning sports journalist, born 7 June 1960, turned a…
Few figures in internet pop culture have generated as much conversation as Perez Hilton. From his rise as the web’s most notorious gossip blogger to a health crisis that landed him in…
If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking “I’m not good enough” and wished you could just switch that voice off, you’re not alone — and it’s not a personality flaw. Self-esteem is a…
If you watch tennis, you’ve seen Elise Mertens winning doubles titles with a calm precision that makes it look almost routine. But behind that steady court presence is a rare versatility: a…