Boss Hunting

Over a million Australians visited Japan last year – up 15% on the year before – and most of them saw exactly what you would expect them to see. The Shibuya crossing, the izakayas, a glow of countless billboards and convenience stores that could be documented by the Hubble Telescope. All of it is certainly worth experiencing, though none of it is particularly hard to find.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the largest ever staged. Forty-eight nations, 104 matches, spread across the United States, Canada and Mexico – and for Australian fans, that means navigating a fixture list that doesn’t respect anyone’s sleep schedule. Early morning kickoffs with sunlight bouncing off the walls. Late-night group stages in the dark while the rest of the househ...

In 2023, the United States Surgeon General declared a public health epidemic of loneliness. The same year, Tim Gurner opened Saint Haven in Collingwood; the year after that, Soren Trampedach began accepting members into

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