Shelley Hepworth
The Guardian
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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‘I was sent to chaperone my cousin – who was older than me’: were you supervised too much, or not at all as a teenager?
As a change to NSW festival licensing stops 17-year-olds from going to Splendour in the Grass unless chaperoned by an adult, Guardian Australia staff reflect on their own music gig supervision – or lack thereof → Read More
My inbox is piling up with spam again and my email doppelgänger is to blame
What do you do with an online doppelgänger? Use their streaming logins, cancel their bookings or fight them for naming rights → Read More
Most hard drives have a lifespan of three to five years. Have you checked yours lately?
Old drives often contain precious memories, but to keep them you have to maintain them. Here’s what the experts say about how to do it → Read More
My friend met his wife on Twitter. If it wasn’t for voice notes, they might never have clicked
Voice messages provide the intimacy and sensory richness of a phone call without the burden of an immediate response → Read More
Do you really need your own private vehicle? Five lessons from a year using a car-sharing app
Car-sharing is both liberating and a big hassle if you want to avoid the cost and carbon emissions of a personal vehicle → Read More
Years of rapid tech change and the pandemic disruption are driving a wave of nostalgia
Our tendency towards rosy recollections of the past has been amplified, from photos on social media to retro video games → Read More
People flocked to language apps during the pandemic – but how much can they actually teach you?
The first of a series on how digital technologies shape our thoughts, emotions and interior lives → Read More
‘They will kill you’: a future leader of Afghanistan on the price he paid for freedom
Ben Doherty tells the story of Khadimi, a young Hazara man who walked out of class one morning and into a world entirely changed → Read More
‘They will kill you’: a future leader of Afghanistan on the price he paid for freedom
Mohammad Zaman Khadimi was forced to make an impossible choice as he fled the Taliban for sanctuary in Australia → Read More
Salman Rushdie on his plans to publish his next book on Substack
Guardian Australia’s assistant news editor Shelley Hepworth speaks to renowned author Salman Rushdie about publishing his latest novella → Read More
‘I guess I’m having a go at killing it’: Salman Rushdie to bypass print and publish next book on Substack
The author on why he’s chosen to release his next book on the online platform – and why he hopes digital won’t see off the medium he loves most → Read More
Hilary Mantel, Mad Max and Donald Trump: what we learned from Sydney writers’ festival
Judy Bloom, Paul Kelly, George Miller and Tara June Winch were among the guests at Carriageworks, in a welcome return for the beloved event → Read More
The smell of gum trees and rejection: the Australians locked out of 'home' by Covid border closures
A year on, Australia has become virtually unreachable for thousands of citizens → Read More
Should you keep using WhatsApp? Plus five tips to start the year with your digital privacy intact
We spoke to convicted hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick to find out how to maintain your security online → Read More
Sci-fi movies leave me empty. Isn't the real world dramatic enough?
Science fiction is just a bunch of loud noises, special effects and unbelievable plotlines, argues Alison Rourke. Shelley Hepworth tries to prove her wrong → Read More
Texts, tweets and posts have replaced letters. Is our history becoming transitory?
In this remarkable year, our stories are at risk of being locked away on phones and floating, forgotten, in the digital ether → Read More
Substack: five of the best from the niche newsletter platform
Writers have embraced Substack to cut out the middle man. The result is an eclectic library of anything and everything → Read More
95 books and counting: the people finding solace in reading through the year of Covid
What reading would a bibliotherapist prescribe for a global pandemic? Depends if you need escape, comfort, joy or recognition of all the despair → Read More
A show about escalators, a show about cows: what's your favourite extremely niche podcast?
The thing about podcasting is anyone can do it. That makes many of them delightfully specific – or very, very strange → Read More
'I could not do what they do': lockdown breeds renewed respect for early childhood educators
Spending more time with his daughter has been a silver lining of the pandemic but it’s also prompted Robert Merkle to reflect on how Australia values its childcare professionals → Read More