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Author Archives: Jane Nethercote

Name that magazine

Picking a publication name is perhaps one of the most delicious (great magazine name btw) of all the editorial tasks. Creative, best when caffeine-fuelled and much easier than writing the damn thing.

Stuff we like: character rip-off revelations

Today’s “stuff we like” edition is caught on film.

Stuff we like: Animals and the GFC

When we talk about “stuff we like”, it’s as if the Crikey Team moves borg-like, with a universal opinion about what is amusing and what is cool. Not so.

Stuff we like: What’s in a name?

Times Online nominates the weirdest girl’s name ever. Just one of the things we’re chatting about in the Crikey office today.

Stuff we like: pet travel and cosmic grammar

Some things tickling our fancy today.

Boat people issue returns to Australian shores

The asylum seeker issue has been brewing for a few weeks but the latest incident takes us back to another political time.

One for the pedants

The things keeping us amused and sane the day before the Easter break (warning: includes footage of running shrimp)

Bring back CJ Cregg

Some star spotting today and a cautionary tale told by Clive James.

Stuff we like: dire predictions

Some interesting artefacts from the web, including the people who predicted the GFC (not that anyone listened).

Stuff we like: Wednesday morning rants

Lots of writers are getting their grumpy old man on. And we like it.