Catherine Armitage
Catherine Armitage is a Senior Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, focusing on change, ideas, and the future.
90 trillion microbes a day keep the doctor away
Catherine Armitage Bacteria, take a bow. It seems we've underestimated you, and that was a mistake. Sorry.
Nurture to trump nature in game of conservation
Catherine Armitage It might be time to give up on ‘‘natural’’ as a concept applied to the environment. What we eat these days is far more ‘‘nurtural’’ than natural.
The BIG idea
No place for old hat in a brave new world
Catherine Armitage Some words and phrases we just don't hear enough of any more, despite Kevin Rudd's best efforts. If Tony Abbott fixes his wagon, what a hullabaloo there'll be.
Blame it on biology when like plus like equals love
Catherine Armitage Romantic love is by now proven such a disaster - think Romeo and Juliet, Healthcliff and Cathy, escalating divorce rates, Rupert and Wendi - that modern matchmakers are turning to maths and science.
You’ll want to take a deep breath for this
Catherine Armitage A human baby dropped in water will automatically close its larynx and paddle its arms and legs.
Seriously, it's a bit more than just comic relief
Catherine Armitage Oxford English Dictionary people, please note: comics are serious.
The BIG idea
Charismatic leadership is a hit-and-miss affair
Catherine Armitage Thinking of world leaders and charisma, pretty soon you come to the Dalai Lama, right?
Get the bookcase sorted, and art will surely follow
Catherine Armitage Every year brings a new crop of worthy books you know you really should read but can't quite get around to.
The Big Idea
Catherine Armitage It looks like a holiday and feels like a holiday, but is it really? Good Friday and Easter Monday are national holidays, but NSW is the only state to have declared Easter Day a public holiday.
A poetic pause amid a calendar of causes
Catherine Armitage With no shortage of causes, anyone can declare a day of this or that, and many do.
Catherine Armitage
Wisdom of the wickets
Catherine Armitage SUMMER'S over, but cricket bats on. After an eight-wicket thumping in Chennai, Australia faces India for the second Test in Hyderabad amid heightened security because twin bomb blasts killed 16 and...
