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Townsville, Queen of the Sea
An underrated piece of paradise
Sep 12
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The Idiot King
On the annoying vagaries of desire
Aug 22
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The Make-Believe of a Beginning
Navroze Mubarak!
Aug 15
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On Sleeping with Younger Men
Jun 1, 2022
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How Stoicism Eased my Severe Depression
Mar 22, 2023
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The Women of 7 October
Nov 18, 2023
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On Casual Anti-White Racism
Jun 8, 2023
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Falling Out of Love
May 3, 2023
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Knots Gather at the Comb
Jun 22, 2022
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The Days of the Dead
On the Parsi festival of Mukhtad, our deceased loved-ones are said to walk among us.
Aug 8
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On Laughter and Forgetting
The advantages of a poor memory
Aug 1
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Dark Energy
On the forces that tear us apart
Jul 28
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Life in a Fascist State
Tales from my boarding-school days.
Jul 18
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Sex Ed
Tales from my life before sexual debut
Jul 11
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Adventures in Ecuador
Back in March 2012, while I was living in Buenos Aires, I took an amazing trip to Ecuador, with my friend Dale, who was then working as a travel writer.
Jul 5
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Close Encounters
On Australian men and other animals
Jun 28
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