Myf Warhurst
Myf Warhurst is a broadcaster, presenter and general layabout. You can follow her @MyfWarhurst
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Adults, stop kidding yourself: fast food is a fix for your nostalgia, not hungerTakeaway outlets that try to tempt us with healthy food are missing the point. For those of us old enough to know better, fast food is like a guaranteed warm, fatty hug from a long-lost friend
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No mobiles or selfie sticks? Live music has always had its distractionsTelling gig goers what they can and can’t do implies a romantic notion of a purer pre-mobile era. It’s not like we ever smoked or drank or danced to live music
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Steve Strange taught me that life could be big, bold and blousyDerided by stuffy conservatives and cool musos alike, the New Romantics were above all a whole lot of fun. Have any of us been that flamboyant since?
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Bare-arsed, bold, glorious Madonna – light years away from acting her ageThe age-shaming of Madge is relentless and constant, like some kind of sport. Why should anyone be told to act their age when it comes to getting dressed?
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Heston's Fat Duck: at $525 per head does it really qualify as a 'pop-up' restaurantThe term was once used for temporary shops that could stay only a short while due to things like the lack of a functioning loo out back
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Why I just couldn't face I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of HereThe notorious reality television show is coming to Australia, but not everyone has the mettle for such a public torture-fest, especially when it could involve buckets of creepy crawlies
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Australian Open: why do female tennis players still wear skirts instead of shorts?The tennis is back as the soundtrack to an Australian summer, but outdated expectations of ‘skirts for the ladies’ mean women are shorts-changed | Myf Warhurst
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Diets, resolutions and inspirational quotes – new year mania is bollocks
Myf Warhurst: Home and away Diets, resolutions and inspirational quotes – new year mania is bollocks
Feeling dismayed that 2015 has begun and failed to deliver any promised joy and rejuvenation? Here are some tips for surviving the new year period -
Kanye West and Paul McCartney: haters will hate but anything that opens minds to new material works for meThat some people don’t know Macca is a kick in the guts to those who still insist the popular music of yore is still the most important in the world
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Opinions are like bums – everyone’s got one. This Christmas I’m going to try to sit on mineFights are everywhere, every day, in work and social media. There are no solutions, just angry people yelling at other angry people. Let’s take a holiday
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After the Sony email hacks it's time to ditch email and pick up the phoneInstead of firing off angry emails, it’s time to air our grievances ear to ear, just like we used to in 1994
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Should I have dressed as Kim Kardashian's bottom for the office Christmas party?Faced with a topical fancy dress code, Myf Warhurst wonders if any costume betters sums up the year than the Great Bum Moon of 2014?
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Celebrities, do your worst with verse – just don't call it poetryPJ Harvey can be trusted to produce the good stuff, says Myf Warhurst, but when other arty types wax poetic, the results – and reviews – can be mixed
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Bob Dylan private show: is a gig better alone, or do you need a crowd?Bob Dylan has given one lucky TV presenter a one-on-one performance. But in an age of social media, are we ever truly alone, asks Myf Warhurst
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Ah, Countdown. My connection to the outside world – and a weekly dose of fantasyLike half the performers, the audience seemed to have no idea what they were doing there. But everyone had great hair, writes Myf Warhurst
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Band Aid 30: Bob Geldof's Christmas single doesn’t deserve ridiculeA bunch of pop stars are recording a cheesy ballad for charity. Save your derision for those politicians who say helping others is a luxury we cannot afford, says Myf Warhurst
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Health goth really is a thing: are your black tracksuits at the ready?Fashionistas seem to think doing health goth is as easy as popping on a some black Lycra to dull the glare of white teeth at your local Fitness First, writes Myf Warhurst
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The windowless plane will squeeze the last drops of joy out of air travelTake away our portholes and you take away our sanity and soul, writes Myf Warhurst. If we need a place with no natural light but lots of fake sky, we can go to a Las Vegas
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Australia's brilliant creatures were not like us – and surely that's the point?The feather-ruffling Greer, James, Hughes and Humphries will be remembered long after today’s TV personalities who mirror exactly who we are, writes Myf Warhurst
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Bulletproof coffee: a buttered beverage is a step too farIn simpler times, a jar of Moccona was the height of sophistication. Now it’s coffee with butter?
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Me, my selfie and I: technology isn't to blame for vanity – youth isMyf Warhurst argues that the selfie-obsessed millennials are simply following a long tradition of youthful self-absorption
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Nicki Minaj's Anaconda elevates backside wobbling to a lifestyle choiceTwerking was gasping its last breaths post-Miley. Now Nicki has adopted it, it’s usurping regular activites like moving, observes Myf Warhurst
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I'm 40 and returning to life in a share house – deal with it!Myf Warhurst is changing her own rules about how adults should live once they reach a certain age
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Not so amazeballs: have the Oxford Dictionaries lost the plot?Myf Warhurst will not chillax about the dictionary’s new words until she meets a non-fictional person who uses them
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If TV talent shows don't care about art, why should we care about the artists?Myf Warhurst: Shows like The X Factor and The Voice are music’s equivalent of a fast-food joint: they leave us feeling sated – and a bit sick
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I can live without lists – and here are some reasons whyJust don’t expect them in a top 10 format. Lists are for kids or adults who want kids to do stuff. Stop categorising my life, says Myf Warhurst
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Immersive art: have audiences earned their place in the show?Myf Warhurst: From counting rice with Marina Abramović to rolling in the hay with Punchdrunk theatre, audiences are itching to be included. But are we actually up to the job?
Myf Warhurst: Home and away Germaine Greer – like her or not – reminds us that education is liberation