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Taylor Swift
If Tay Tay can pay pay $84 million in staff bonuses, why can’t other rich bosses?
Taylor Swift’s generosity is admirable. But it is truly sad that sharing profits with staff is so extraordinary.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Sunday Life
My memory is less like a catalogue and more like a hoarder’s garage
There are some gems in there, some functional items you’d expect, and a ton of bizarre and totally random odds and ends.
- by Kerri Sackville
A 71-year-old Bachelor? Expect the competition to be brutal
In a market flooded with hot young hopefuls, The Golden Bachelor will offer a new generation of contestants looking for love in their sunset years.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Diet
Farewell my toxic love, it’s been (artificially) sweet
News that an artificial sweetener in Diet Coke may be carcinogenic has forced me to go cold turkey. How I will miss its delicious fizziness.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Pop music
WHAM! Karma: Is Andrew Ridgeley the Buddha of boy bands?
The late George Michael was the star of ’80s UK pop supergroup WHAM!, but a new doco shines a light on his humble and delightful mate and collaborator.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Psychology
Tom Cruise is welcome to his risky business. I don’t need to ‘speed fly’ to soar
Thrillseekers seem content to create scenarios in which they can cheat death. My risk-taking profile is different. I was on dating apps for eight years.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Health
I don’t care if I don’t need 10,000 steps. Get out of my way!
Earlier this week, we reported that we don’t need 10,000 steps a day to stay healthy. Brilliant! I thought, before doing my 10,000 steps.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Sunday Life
We all get older but does anyone ever fully ‘grow up’?
Turns out there is no magic finish line at which we finally attain peak adulthood.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Heroes
No heroes any more? Yes there are, you just need to know where to look
Those with a moral centre are the ones we should hail as heroic, and they are all around us, hiding in plain sight.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Cyber bullying
Everyone can have their opinion, but I don’t need to hear from FredFkstone
We could decimate the incidence of trolling overnight by one simple measure. The solution is so simple that it defies belief it hasn’t yet happened.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Illness
I have a chronic illness. Michael J. Fox brought me back to my future
In our culture, illness is a foe to be quashed with courage and determination. That’s just wrong.
- by Kerri Sackville