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Nicky Salapu can count to 57 or How the players of American Samoa lost every game but really won

Coffs Harbour, Australia, April 2001

Dec 26, 2023
Nicky Salapu can count to 57 or How the players of American Samoa lost every game but really won
Nicky Salapu can count to 57 or How the players of American Samoa lost every game but really won
Dec 26, 2023

A brief story about Australian football (or soccer, if you must) fans in the 1990s before the…

Sydney/Zagreb 1999

Dec 20, 2022
A brief story about Australian football (or soccer, if you must) fans in the 1990s before the…
A brief story about Australian football (or soccer, if you must) fans in the 1990s before the…
Dec 20, 2022

The Invisible Man

What happened when an ex-pro footballer from Australia called Andy Bernal landed in Madrid to look after superstar David Beckham…

Apr 21, 2021
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
Apr 21, 2021

Desperately Seeking Clarification: Queensland Football President Ben Richardson and his CV…

Why attention to detail is important when you launch a legal case

Aug 10, 2020
Desperately Seeking Clarification: Queensland Football President Ben Richardson and his CV…
Desperately Seeking Clarification: Queensland Football President Ben Richardson and his CV…
Aug 10, 2020

Hammer the Hammer: The curious case of an invoice, a job vacancy, and the cost of playing football…

(Or Parables for Wooden Ears, Brisbane, 2020 Remix)

Jul 31, 2020
Hammer the Hammer: The curious case of an invoice, a job vacancy, and the cost of playing football…
Hammer the Hammer: The curious case of an invoice, a job vacancy, and the cost of playing football…
Jul 31, 2020

How mosh pits helped Christian organizations recruit teenagers in the 1990s.

I am tossed backward and forward, left and right, up and then down, with the ebb and surge of the mosh. I am a sardine, pitching in a sea…

May 21, 2020
How mosh pits helped Christian organizations recruit teenagers in the 1990s.
How mosh pits helped Christian organizations recruit teenagers in the 1990s.
May 21, 2020

Son of a preacher man: Jay Bakker and his Christian Revolution

On a tiny stage of a tiny bar in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, a tattooed guy with black-rimmed eye glasses, wearing a black t-shirt…

Mar 14, 2020
Son of a preacher man: Jay Bakker and his Christian Revolution
Son of a preacher man: Jay Bakker and his Christian Revolution
Mar 14, 2020

Los Angeles, The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy and Brian De Palma: “You would rather fuck me than…

Her body was found cut clean in half. On her back, in the dirt, her arms raised above her head in an almost perverse victory salute. Her…

Mar 14, 2020
Los Angeles, The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy and Brian De Palma: “You would rather fuck me than…
Los Angeles, The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy and Brian De Palma: “You would rather fuck me than…
Mar 14, 2020

Hunters and gatherers: US Marshals nab their quarry and let others ask the questions

“If something kicks in, there’s no round in the chamber,” says US Deputy Marshal Tom Smith bluntly, thumbing at the Colt AR-15 automatic…

Dec 3, 2018
Hunters and gatherers: US Marshals nab their quarry and let others ask the questions
Hunters and gatherers: US Marshals nab their quarry and let others ask the questions
Dec 3, 2018

Comedian Jim Jefferies: Gun control, religion, and fighting for the right to say ‘c**t’.

Some gigs go great. Others go not so well but still become nights of legend. For Australian comedian Jim Jefferies, that time in 2006 at…

May 28, 2018
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Comedian Jim Jefferies: Gun control, religion, and fighting for the right to say ‘c**t’.
Comedian Jim Jefferies: Gun control, religion, and fighting for the right to say ‘c**t’.
May 28, 2018
3
Matthew Hall

Matthew Hall

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Paella correspondent for @guardianUS @smh and others: matthewhall.contently.com.

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