Brigid Delaney
Brigid Delaney is a senior writer for Guardian Australia. She has previously worked as a lawyer and journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald, the Telegraph (London), ninemsn and CNN. She is the author of two books: This Restless Life and Wild Things
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Australians are among the luckiest people on Earth. What are we so angry about?On Anzac Day, at the airport, everywhere: the levels of vitriol in our personal and public lives need to be called out. It’s just not a clever way to talk to each other
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Can the Labor party become a gang we want to hang out with again?At an event for former political staffers, I appreciated that Labor’s core identity remains remarkably robust. The true believers aren’t going anywhere
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Sarah Wilson on living with anxiety: there’s no sugarcoating mental illnessHer cookbook I Quit Sugar made her the face of health and wellness, but Wilson’s memoir, First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, traverses much darker terrain
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At the artists' colony I bathed my mind and fed my soulArtists in Australia have had to get used to the idea that they are rewarded by spiritual rather than material currency
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Four-day weeks aren't the answer. First fix the hustle economyRichard Di Natale’s looking in the wrong place if he really wants to tackle the big problems with work in Australia
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Is Australia Racist? SBS documentary makes for uncomfortable viewingRay Martin hosts a new documentary that attempts to provide a snapshot of Australia’s race relations and the results are confronting and compelling
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I tried moving to the country. Now I spend the savings travelling to SydneyIn Hobart at the Mona Foma festival, I met a lot of people who had moved from Sydney or Melbourne because the houses are cheaper. But where are the jobs?
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Who threw a better party: David Walsh or the Great Gatsby?Mona Foma promised a Gatsby-style weekend, so we put it to the test: how does the festival stack up against the parties in F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic book?
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Why Sydney festival's wooing of the west points to the future of the artsPerforming arts companies tend to cluster in inner-city precincts but taking the road less travelled can lead to transformative theatre experiences
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Strange things happen in other people’s homes. With Airbnb it's all part of the serviceMarvelling at the messiness of other people’s lives, negotiating awkward silences – staying in an Airbnb is weird because people are weird
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Defy the 'wellness' industry: here are some simple ways to feel better in 2017Diet and detox marketing makes us feel bad about our holiday season excess. But most of the best advice is obvious and cheap
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My worst holiday: Guardian writers on breaks that nearly broke themRescues, rows and robberies – sometimes vacations don’t go according to plan. Tell us your own holiday nightmares in the comments or via GuardianWitness
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'They called me the antichrist': JT LeRoy, Laura Albert and the literary hoaxThe subject of the film Author: The JT Leroy Story says she was attacked ‘with the fury of wasps’ after her deception was uncovered
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The Sanctuary in Koh Phangan: a novel balance between hedonistic and healthyA resort in the Gulf of Thailand may be the inspiration for Alex Garland’s The Beach. Brigid Delaney takes a plane and two boats to check it out
Brigid Delaney's diary In these black days, I've finally come round to nostalgia