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Rita Glennon

Rita Glennon

Rita Glennon is a desk editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.

I couldn’t have named a single Socceroo before the weekend. But now, I’m their biggest fan

Come on! Jump aboard! There’s room for everyone on the Aussie World Cup bandwagon.

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TwoSet Violin duo Brett Yang and Eddy Chen.

They had more than four million YouTube subscribers – so why did TwoSet delete 1400 videos?

TwoSet Violin won millions of fans with their quirky, comic takes on classical music – then they made a huge career call.

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A white ibis from the book Melbirds, written by Michael Livingston and Cindy Hauser.

In a flap over bin chickens? What happens when an urban invasion comes home to roost

They’re the native bird we love to loathe, with disparaging nicknames – and the occasional council cull.

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Losing Sydney’s heritage is too high a price for a housing fix

Pulling threads in our heritage conservation areas risks unravelling the built history of our city, and it may not solve the housing crisis.

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Georges Lentz with the Untitled artwork of Kathleen Petyarre.

How a dusty water tank became a new chapel of sound

A monument to music, modernism and humanity’s place in the infinite is about to open in the red dirt of the Australian desert.

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The new South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas adds diversity to the halls of power.

Call me by my name, even if I’m a politician

It’s not a human right, but learning how to say a person’s name properly is a sign of respect and human dignity.

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The novelty of lockdown has worn off this time around.

I’m a Sydneysider, get me out of here

We’ve all been in this together, and now we can’t wait to get out together.

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Joe O'Brien, 7.30

Bubble and pique: Singling out buddies can be fraught

For solo-dwellers, choosing - or not choosing - a particular bubble buddy can be a fraught business.

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Wearing a mask we are as one as never before.

Sydney's rivalries survive like cockroaches after an asteroid but face masks bring us together

The masks we wear today might feel like a barrier, but let's wear them like a sign that we're all on the same side.

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Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, on stage with Joe Biden after the pair claimed victory on November 7.

A devil is in the details about Kamala Harris' wardrobe

She had barely been announced as Vice-President-elect when the pundits were out in force, picking apart every thread upon her body.

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