Living and eating well as a solo can be tough. But after much trial and error, Neil McMahon has finally found a method that works. Here are his top tips.

From the jovial Peter Russell-Clarke to the cutting Bernard King, eccentric kitchen personalities used to rule our TV screens.

Ten officially entered its News+ era on Monday night, which invites the critical question: News plus … what?

This is the tale of how Robbie Williams set fire to Sydney Harbour for a good 40 minutes before the bridge exploded at midnight.

From pop culture and sport to royalty and the natural world, there were plenty of diamonds dazzling in the dust in 2024.

The name was coined as a joke in the early 2000s, but this genre of pop music is fast developing a serious fan base.

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“Large latte for Ian? Silence. “Noel? Nathan? Nail? “It’s Neil. “No worries, thanks Nick.” So goes the tango with the barista, a dance we enjoy or endure depending on the nature of the barista in question, but mostly on how much we are in dire need…

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By Neil McMahon January 1, 2024 — 1.52am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The ABC asked one thing of its New Year’s Eve viewers: put your party…

By Neil McMahon December 31, 2023 — 5.00am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For most of 2023, it felt like the world was screaming. If 2022…

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For all the non-cooks who’ve ever lamented that they can’t boil an egg, artificial intelligence is here to help. I checked. If you ask ChatGPT – the most prominent of the AI platforms that have threatened to take over the world in the past year – how…

It’s just gone midnight and your belly is whinging louder than an English cricket fan and swearing like Nick Kyrgios after a bad line call. What are you going to do? Ignore it, or succumb? And if the latter, what are you reaching for. A beer? A cup…

To paraphrase JFK, the things that unite us are greater than the things that divide us, except when it comes to lollies. We are hopelessly divided about lollies, an aspect of national life that could make State of Origin or a Collingwood/Carlton…

By Neil McMahon May 30, 2023 — 12.00pm , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Welcome to the third decade of Australia’s own morning wars. In one…

I haven’t eaten meat since Christmas – and the good news is I haven’t had a dud meal yet. Let’s get the boring bit out of the way first and then get to the heart of this story: 10 weeks ago, I decided to stop eating meat. Stop right there, I hear you…