John Bailey
John Bailey is a contributor to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
I can just withdraw from the discourse: Why Josie Long ditched social media
The British comedian talks weather, politics and Australia’s “weird prehistoric animals” ahead of her show at this year’s Comedy Festival.
- John Bailey
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Forget the Famous Five – did Enid Blyton invent the multiverse?
The writer’s back catalogue is like AI fiction a century before such a thing was imaginable.
- John Bailey
Four decades, 40 defining moments in the life of Melbourne’s Comedy Festival
As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival turns 40, we count down 40 moments that have shaped the famous event.
- John Bailey
This Grammy-nominated band has released 60 albums, and never had a record label
Martyn Jacques founded The Tiger Lillies in 1989, and has been touring the world with his macabre “death oompah” group ever since.
- John Bailey
Are podcasts the new men’s therapy? Welcome to the modern manosphere
Comedian Akaash Singh has a theory about why men are flocking to podcasts like his.
- John Bailey
Love turned this playwright into a criminal. His response will surprise you
Homosexuality was taboo when Danish Sheikh was growing up in India. At this year’s Midsumma Festival, he explores what happened next.
- John Bailey
Kids’ stuff: Your guide to the hottest summer shows
From the classics to acrobatics and Shrek, there’s something for everyone in Melbourne in this summer’s live performances.
- John Bailey
I don’t want you to like me for my morality: comic Gianmarco Soresi
The musical theatre student-turned-stand-up understands that the line between skewering the sacred and being plain mean is a wobbly one.
- John Bailey
When Rebecca was 13 she was mocked over her viral video. Now the joke’s on the haters
Rebecca Black went viral for all the wrong reasons with her song Friday – then she found her own people and became a queer icon.
- John Bailey
Mushrooms have had a bad rap lately, but they might just save the planet
British mycologist Merlin Sheldrake (yes, that’s his real name), one of the world’s foremost authorities on fungi, wants us to rethink the place of fungi in our world.
- John Bailey