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Konrad Marshall

Konrad Marshall

Konrad Marshall is a senior writer with Good Weekend.

“Songwriting helps me process thoughts and emotions and conversations I want to have with people. You’re writing letters to people that you’ll never send.”

Does this childhood experience guarantee success as an adult?

Australian singer Courtney Barnett on the importance of a good music teacher, turning mumbles into lyrics – and how writing songs helps her to process anxiety.

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I was bloodied, bruised, exhausted and dehydrated – and it was the most fun I’d had in years

This endurance event is popular, yet more than a little bit stupid. So why did I love it?

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Konrad Marshall ran every day for a year.

I was 46 years old with sleep apnoea and deemed ‘obese’. I decided to run every day for a full year

When the goal is to hit the track every day for 12 months, it helps to have inspirational people to keep you motivated. So who better than resilience educator, podcaster and sprint evangelist Hugh van Cuylenburg?

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Alex de Minaur in London last month.

The ‘rock bottom’ moment that nearly forced Alex de Minaur to quit tennis

Australia’s best tennis player, Alex de Minaur, reflects on his dogged rise to the world’s top 10 – and his greatest demon.

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‘He was shaking’: The encounter in his local cafe that hit home for Mitch Brown

The former West Coast Eagle – and first openly bisexual player in the AFL/VFL’s history – on the messages he’s received since he came out in August.

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“I just want to say to everyone else, get stuffed because they think women aren’t strong enough, but we just beat the world.”

Michelle Payne’s rise to the top was swift – then came stalkers, the agony and the heartbreak

The past decade has been filled with turmoil, horrendous injury and death for the retired jockey and expert trainer.

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Curated guest lists, ‘consent angels’, ‘female energy’: How swinging’s changed

More people – including “unicorn” single women – are checking out the nation’s sex parties. One stalwart’s top tip for the curious: practise saying “no”.

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Twins Gemma (left) and Claudia Hollingsworth, 20.

‘Your siblings don’t define you’: These twins took their own singular directions

Gemma and Claudia Hollingsworth spent their entire lives together, until their careers – one on the stage, the other on the world’s running tracks – took off.

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After a sporting life of hard knocks, Paul Gallen’s going out with a bang

The former NSW State of Origin captain is shaping up for his last stand – against Sonny Bill Williams. But will it all come back to haunt him?

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Fantauzzo in front of one of his abstract works, which he previously hid: “I didn’t know how to talk about art or defend myself.”

Fantauzzo’s new gallery – and the hidden work Asher Keddie calls ‘heartbreaking’

He’s received plaudits – and brickbats – for his photorealistic paintings, but Vincent Fantauzzo has a new mission: “To Jamie Oliver the art world”.

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