For goodness sake, leave Lehrmann and Higgins alone. Don’t pap them, don’t follow them overseas, don’t salivate over their circumstances.

Stoicism has good advice: focus on what is within your control; don’t worry about what is outside your control. If you care about an issue, do something, take action, but don’t complain or criticise. Pointless and stressful.

Fab!

Didn’t think I cared but thoroughly enjoyed The Rest Is History series on the Titanic - all the context, the times, the characters.

Outstanding opportunity to join the best newsroom in the country. Apply for a traineeship at The Age. theage.com.au/business/compa…

Grown up piece by Hartcher. The one thing in the world worse than being insulted by Donald Trump theage.com.au/national/the-o…

To keep sane, will stop reading Rudd story. Trump insults someone? That’s his MO.

To Tom Holland, admire you but The Rest Is History cannot squib it. You need to do the history of the Israel/Palestinian crisis. Assume it’s in the works and you’re all not too nervous.

Superbly done. And Melissa Fyfe on consent and rape also excellent. GoodWeekendMag by far the best long form journalism in the country.

Wow, congratulations to the talented Carla Jaeger

Too many hot takes on the Kate photo. Perspective.

Josette Molland, one of the last surviving members of the French Resistance against the Nazis, has died at 100. She captured her experience in forced-labor camps with folk-art style paintings. nyti.ms/3P9sGWK

Perhaps we could not wildly over-interpret a by-election result this time, hey?

Nemesis on ABC beyond depressing. What does it say about our politics? No talk about our country, ideas for serious policy, just excitement about the facile drama of the moment. Pathetic, and I loathe cynicism from journalists.

Tim Colebatch stood for all that's best in journalism. The Age and the reading public benefitted for decades from his knowledge and his integrity.

Pioneering Age economic and political journalist Tim Colebatch dies, aged 75. Tim was a terrific intellect, a true contrarian (in the best sense) and above all a wonderful human. He taught me a lot, both about journalism and life. theage.com.au/politics/feder…