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Gary Nunn

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Covers:  motivation, men's issues, lesbian and bisexual issues, gay, positive psychology, language, social mobility, words, africa, social affairs, equality, feminsim
Journalist for the BBC/Guardian bit.ly/2LZVySv ABC ab.co/2ZzNZos & @SMH My book: The Psychic Tests bit.ly/4jQFnCv

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With over a decade of professional journalism experience, I'm a freelance journalist specialising in features, op eds and interviews.

My interviewees have included former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and actor Sir Ian McKellen.

For over five years, I've written for Fairfax's online network (Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Canberra Times, Brisbane Times) - mainly for their 'Executive Style' section, aimed at men.

I now also write regular features and op e…

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Gary Nunn specialises in writing about language. As a regular Guardian columnist, his monthly 'Mind your lang…

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Gary Nunn, Author at The New Daily

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Gary Nunn writes for the Guardian's Mind your language blog on the last Friday of every month. Follow Gary on…

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Books: Go Gay. Go Sad. Go Dark. – Fruit Fly By Josh Silver

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By Josh Silver, Gary Nunn Verified
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First published in DNA #318, July 2026. That’s how to write a bestseller in 2026, apparently — and Josh Silver’s Fruit Fly does exactly that, exploring sex addiction, chemsex and queer cultural appropriation. Review by Gary Nunn. Read as text Seven years ago, Mallory’s one and only book was a surprise, runaway success. Now she’s suffering the dreaded “second novel syndrome”. She’s a straight, married woman with writer’s block.
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What it was like visiting Istanbul's gay bars after police raids

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It's 1:50am and I'm in a queue down some stairs into what I think is a gay club, but can't yet be sure. Ahead are several Turkish men. Within this giant complex are two nightclubs; across the street, a huge mosque casts a shadow over the venue. On the ground floor, down a long corridor, is a straight club. The basement supposedly hosts a gay club. I'm slightly confused though: surely, these would be closed, dead, or more discrete following recent intense events. It's a queue I didn't expect to be in.
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This is what it was like visiting Istanbul’s gay bars after police raids

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Airlines 11 hours ago I flew Iraqi Airways, an airline few Americans have experienced and is banned in the EU. Here were the 4 biggest surprises. Business Insider - Zach Benitez • 11h I'm an American college student with a passion for flying airlines that most people have never heard of. When I found a $123 economy ticket on Iraqi Airways, I booked it without a second thought. When I started telling people, the reaction was always the same. Nobody I spoke to knew Iraq's national …
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