Charles Purcell
Charles Purcell is a Sydney writer.
- Opinion
- The Verdict
The long wait has ruined George R. R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter
No book can survive 14 years of hype.
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- Opinion
- Cafe
Is Sydney cafe culture better than Melbourne’s?
In Sydney, coffee consumption is going in the opposite direction to alcohol. Is it down to our magnificent cafe culture?
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- Opinion
- Tour de France
My wife left me for a bike race. I’m a Tour de France widower
It’s been 21 long days. I wouldn’t know a “maillot jaune” from a “bonk bag”, but my wife devoted the entire Tour de France to the “couch peloton”.
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- Sci-Fi
Forty years on, Blade Runner’s still peerless as a sci-fi classic
Ridley Scott’s world of unchecked technology, environmental disaster and extreme wealth disparities still resonates four decades after its release.
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- Gender
Superheroes need to share the screens with ordinary mortals
Good art surely must be relatable – and many of our superheroes are simply not relatable.
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- Pets
‘Can I bring my vole to Coles?’: Why Sydney should be more pet friendly
Ten years ago, I complained about dogs in cafes, but I’ve changed my tune.
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- Social media
Long live the apostrophe, a bulwark against chaos
The likes of the apostrophe save us from a world where punctuation is replaced by emojis.
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- Coronavirus pandemic
I’ve been cutting my own hair: Confessions of a DIY barber
One side of my head is lush and full; the other, the site of a denuded forest.
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- Wildlife
Keep Basil the brush turkey off the menu
We need to give pause before we add brush turkey to the challenge list for MasterChef..
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- Development
Let the heart of Ryde beat on
A council’s ambitious plan to build a “New Heart of Ryde” fails to appreciate the suburb already had a heart - and a soul.
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