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The deadly devastation of global warming We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 2, 2021 — 12.02am Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Cathy Wilcox To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. THE ENVIRONMENT The deadly devastation of global warming The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s global warning canary in the coal mine, and it is dying (The Age, 1/4). Action needed to be taken decades ago and the Coalition has resisted every step of the way. From destroying t...

Zoe Coombs Marr: ‘Stop doing it, straight people, you’re so weird’ We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Every comedian may walk a tightrope between being bathed in a balmy wave of laughter and being flattened by the cold rock face of eviscerating silence. But Zoe Coombs Marr does it while having to balance a seal, metaphorically, on her nose. “I’d love to be able to just make jokes and be funny but I can’t,” she says, “because I’ve got like a whole community of ...

Loyiso’s netflix special coming in march By Hopewell Mpapu TWO-TIME Emmy Award nominee Loyiso Gola has scored his own Netflix gig. He’ll become the first ever African comedian to enjoy an hour of stand-up comedy on the streaming platform. Netflix announced that Loyiso’s show, Unlearning, will debut next month. “It’s no secret that globally we’ve been going through a time and could all do with a laugh or two right now,” said Netflix. “Loyiso is back on Netflix and ready with his sharp wit and critically acclaimed comedy hour, Unlearning, deb...

Max Miller’s father would bring home a plethora of rentals from the video store, allowing the young boy to marvel at the magic of film and television. The pictures on the screen would inspire him to one day become a director himself and a very successful one at that. The half Greek, half Scottish director grew up surrounded by his mother’s family. “There’s no one from my dad’s side of the family in all of Australia, except for my dad. He came out here on his own, whereas with my mum, all the family is basically here so I very much grew up with the fully Greek side,” he tells