The duo behind Freudian Nip and new ABC comedy Optics on cringing during public stunts their aversion to crass humour and Jenna’s one celebrity beef Writers can sit down and write anytime musicians can pick up a guitar whenever they want What do actors do to express their pent-up creativity when they don’t have a show to act in Vic: Microdose acting by lying to your family and friends Jenna: We have both been known to spin a bit of a tall tale when we can get away with it Jenna: The best first date you’ve ever been on in your life Vic: Both of us are probably the same – clothes How would you describe your relationship with social media Vic: I would like it all to be banned so I don’t have to do it What’s your most controversial pop culture opinion We just don’t think it’s transgressive to see a bunch of women shitting I understand that it had to happen in the pipeline of We don’t want to see women vomiting or shitting any more We want to be gorgeous and hot and have it all again Vic: We don’t like that people have to debase themselves – well but I don’t think that women have to debase themselves to be funny Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst in ABC’s Optics. Photograph: ABCWho is making women vomit and shit on screen? Jenna: Like, Bridesmaids. I mean, not just Bridesmaids, which is a very important, great movie. But I think what we’re saying is we’re very done with it now. Vic: Overt sexuality too. Just being like, “I’m fucking” or “I’m doing this, and my pussy is crazy.” I don’t wanna know about your crazy pussy, I’m sorry. Jenna: Our actual most controversial opinion is that sometimes Vic and I clutch our pearls a little bit, which no one would expect. Some things should be private. You’ll find that we’re completely asexual in Optics. We don’t have any sexuality. We just care about our work. Read moreVic: Which is true to our lives as well What is the cringiest thing you’ve done in the name of comedy Jenna: I think our very existence is cringe We’ve done a lot of public stunts that I look back on and go “Oh my god.” We did this one stunt where we stormed Tanya Plibersek’s office “This would never happen to The Chaser.” But they appealed to our empathy and we completely unravelled She concussed me in the penalty box and I had to be wheeled off Vic: I’m just a huge fan of Jenna’s one celebrity beef I’m slowly climbing the ladder just so I can one day be in the same room as you and we can have it out like a couple of adults Hopefully she has Google Alerts on for her name and she’ll get notified about this story What’s a thing you do at home by yourself that you’d be ashamed for anyone else to see but I can spend so long in front of the mirror trying on all combinations of all outfits that I own I’ll take a photo and send it to my friend and they’ll go “Great outfit!” But they don’t know that I’ve been there for five hours Jenna: I’m very obsessed with the kind of civil war that’s happening on the right – the Elon Musk/Steve Bannon situation People from the same political ilk who are telling each other “I’m going to rip your head off.” I just find that so funny so I’m obsessed with all the information I can get about that I’m listening to a lot of stuff about the fall of the Roman empire and also the starting of the second world war and doing that pattern recognition thing where I’m looking at TikTok specifically as this tool of a wider geopolitical game And then how a lot of US citizens are now downloading RedNote and the politics of that and that TikTok is maybe being sold to maybe Elon Musk That’s the stuff we like: geopolitics and techno feudalism Optics starts on ABC and ABC iview Wednesday 29 January To read this full article you need to be subscribed to Newsline a South Carolina native turned San Francisco Bay Area business leader Zerbst is remembered for founding institutional real estate investment company Piedmont Realty Advisors in the 1980s the firm merged with RREEF Funds (now part of DWS) where Zerbst became a partner in San Francisco Zerbst was recruited to be CEO of CBRE Investment Management according to the obituary published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Feb During the next 13 years — nine years as CEO and two years as chairman — Zerbst guided business operations as the U.S.-focused company expanded to Europe and Asia scaling it into a global investment platform Glossary, videos, podcasts, research in the Resource Center Upload your latest press release or suggest a story idea to our editorial team We use cookies and other tracking technologies to personalize your user experience on our site and perform site analytics. By clicking on “I accept”, you consent to our Privacy Policy What is Nugget is Dead? A Christmas Story about?When her beloved family dog, Nugget, falls sick over Christmas, Steph Stool (Vic Zerbst) must abandon her very elegant holiday plans with her boyfriend’s family and return instead to her small Australian coastal hometown to confront the chaos of her own… less elegant family each member of the Stool family must grapple with the mortality of the one thing that unifies them Related: Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha Wrap Their First Movie Together, The Christmas Quest - Get a First Look! Vic Zerbst (Steph Stool) Not only does Zerbst star in Nugget is Dead she also co-wrote the film with her writing partner Jenna Owen (Owen also appears in the film) Zerbst's other credits include The Feed and Thor: Love and Thunder Gia Carides (Jodie Stool)Carides has been acting since her teens and is probably best known to U.S audiences as Scott Hastings' (Paul Mercurio) former partner The Librarians and My Big Fat Greek Wedding Fun Fact: Carides was once married to Without a Trace's Anthony LaPaglia Alec Snow (Seb Oliver-Hansard) Snow is best known for his roles in the long running Australian soap opera, Home and Away and NCIS: Sydney Tara Morice (Josephine Hansard)You might recognize Morice from Strictly Ballroom, where she played the shy, uncoordinated, and nerdy Fran. She has mainly acted in Australian projects like Return to Paradise, the Dogwoman movies Reuben (Nugget)We don't know much about Reuben Related: Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker Team Up for a Jolly Christmas Competition Show in Jingle Bell Run A Christmas Story will premiere on CBS and will be available on demand on Paramount+ A Christmas Story again?You can catch Nugget is Dead Does Parade have a sneak peek of Nugget is Dead A Christmas Story?We have an exclusive nugget of a clip for you CBS' 'Nugget is Dead? A Christmas Story' - Sneak Peek (Exclusive)Check out images from Nugget is Dead A Christmas StoryTake a look at some select images from Nugget is Dead CBS' 'Nugget is Dead? A Christmas Story'14Gallery14 ImagesNext, Hallmark Releases Star-Studded First-Ever Christmas Limited Series, Holidazed By Louise Rugendyke Jenna Owen (left) and Vic Zerbst are the writers and stars of new ABC comedy Optics which is set in crisis management company.Credit: Louie Douvis Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time businessman or sportsperson is caught doing something they shouldn’t The press and social media swoop and then the damage control starts A long-suffering partner roped into an interview Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst – creators and stars of the new ABC comedy Optics – have seen it all before “The Johnny Depp [scandal] was the big one while we were writing and pitching the show,” Zerbst says It was a conversation where everyone had a perspective on it And it was also the main one where you were learning about the bots the infiltration and the influence from political governments.” Vic Zerbst (right) as Greta Goldman and Charles Firth as Ian Randell in Optics.Credit: ABC TV the Depp scandal centred on the 2022 defamation case between Depp and his former wife Amber Heard who accused each other of domestic violence with Heard trolled relentlessly by Saudi-backed Twitter accounts while Depp was largely painted as innocent It was seen as a classic case of “Darvo” – deny attack and reverse victim and offender – a tactic used by PR firms to discredit women “For the Amber v Johnny case to be a global and political sort of issue where you’ve got Saudi Arabia funnelling all these trolls into a debate between a married couple in Hollywood Optics is set in the public relations firm of Fritz & Randell; Owen and Zerbst play Nicole Kidman and Greta Goldman two junior PRs suddenly thrust into leadership when the firm’s decrepit CEO Frank Fritz (Peter Carroll) dies the company’s owner Bobby Bahl (Claude Jabbour) anoints Nicole and Greta over long-time executive Ian Randell (Charles Firth) Owen and Zerbst’s double act is thrust to the helm of a crisis PR agency they have to navigate a footballer’s disastrous night out spin a bullying chief executive out of a PR disaster by targeting “the misogynistic medical profession” and bury a young Hollywood star’s kink Is it a genuine promotion for the two women or “It’s the idea of that glass boardroom,” Zerbst says they have been outside of that glass boardroom the inner circle: we can be part of this; we can have this power we came across this term … ‘glass cliffing’ which is … where women are promoted to positions of power when a company is in turmoil and she’s not given the structure of support to be a pain sponge.” Owen jumps in: “And mop up the blood Charles Firth is the perfect foil to the stars on set and in the writing room Owen, 29, and Zerbst, 30, met at university in Sydney and have since worked together on nightly SBS satire The Feed, for which they won three Writers’ Guild awards, performed with The Chaser (their 2020 Contact Tracys video with Firth about a pair of Millennial COVID-19 contact tracers was a hit during the pandemic) and last year they wrote and starred in Stan film Nugget Is Dead: A Christmas Story They are incredibly close and talk up and over one another “I don’t really remember the last time we had an actual argument about anything creative.” Says Zerbst: “We are so lucky to be in a place where we can turn up to work as our full selves and be who we want to be And that can be a difficult thing to find a partner that gets you and knows that.” Optics is the biggest step yet in their burgeoning comedy empire – their work on The Feed gained more than 90 million views online – and it builds on their previous characters “The news stories that were the most inspiring and interesting to us were often these corporate scandals “So we’ve always been across creating satire around that and finding the satirical lens for those hot-button topics “And then we’ve always had these characters who are so smart and intelligent about the way the media operates and we wanted to combine our interest in these corporate scandals our background in political satire and comedy and creating a universe in which it is plausible that two young women can become the new power brokers in their office environment.” There’s not that many areas in which your youth and even your gender can help you because so many institutions are so male-dominated Firth is the perfect foil to Owen and Zerbst’s characters “We joke that the show’s a documentary because he comes to the writers’ room with this different perspective Vic Zerbst (left) and Jenna Owen met at university and trust each completely as creative partners ‘Was that gibberish?’ He’ll reference names and say it’s kind of like Baby John Burgess.’ And we’ll be like “One of the best parts of the show was just seeing him come to life as that character Optics comes at a time when the ABC in particular has been accused of relying on established talent instead of promoting new faces Name a show – especially a comedy – on one of the commercial networks that doesn’t rely on road-tested personalities Is there enough opportunity on Australian television for younger comedians “The problem is that now you just have people coming up on TikTok or self-funding their own work but they come from a very specific class of people who can afford to do that “Neither of us came from that kind of support or from money otherwise you wouldn’t have been able to do it,” Zerbst adds which ran from 2013 to 2022 and launched the careers of not only Zerbst and Owen “The talent in Australia is so dense,” Owen says I had never been somewhere that was so supportive and incredible and it was a safe haven for people to meet each other the only opportunities I see are on panel shows and access to those panel shows are [through social media] followings Find out the next TV, streaming series and movies to add to your must-sees. Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday businessman or sportsperson is caught doing something they shouldn\\u2019t Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst \\u2013 creators and stars of the new ABC comedy Optics \\u2013 have seen it all before \\u201CThe Johnny Depp [scandal] was the big one while we were writing and pitching the show,\\u201D Zerbst says \\u201CTeenagers were coming with information the infiltration and the influence from political governments.\\u201D It was seen as a classic case of \\u201CDarvo\\u201D \\u2013 deny attack and reverse victim and offender \\u2013 a tactic used by PR firms to discredit women \\u201CFor the Amber v Johnny case to be a global and political sort of issue where you\\u2019ve got Saudi Arabia funnelling all these trolls into a debate between a married couple in Hollywood it\\u2019s absolutely insane,\\u201D Owen says two junior PRs suddenly thrust into leadership when the firm\\u2019s decrepit CEO Frank Fritz (Peter Carroll) dies the company\\u2019s owner Bobby Bahl (Claude Jabbour) anoints Nicole and Greta over long-time executive Ian Randell (Charles Firth) they have to navigate a footballer\\u2019s disastrous night out spin a bullying chief executive out of a PR disaster by targeting \\u201Cthe misogynistic medical profession\\u201D and bury a young Hollywood star\\u2019s kink \\u201CIt\\u2019s the idea of that glass boardroom,\\u201D Zerbst says \\u201CBut when we were doing our research we came across this term \\u2026 \\u2018glass cliffing\\u2019 which is \\u2026 where women are promoted to positions of power when a company is in turmoil and she\\u2019s not given the structure of support to be a pain sponge.\\u201D Owen jumps in: \\u201CAnd mop up the blood met at university in Sydney and have since worked together on nightly SBS satire The Feed for which they won three Writers\\u2019 Guild awards performed with The Chaser (their was a hit during the pandemic) and last year they wrote and starred in Stan film Nugget Is Dead: A Christmas Story \\u201CWe anchor each other,\\u201D Owen says \\u201CI don\\u2019t really remember the last time we had an actual argument about anything creative.\\u201D Says Zerbst: \\u201CWe are so lucky to be in a place where we can turn up to work as our full selves and be who we want to be And that can be a difficult thing to find a partner that gets you and knows that.\\u201D Optics is the biggest step yet in their burgeoning comedy empire \\u2013 their work on The Feed gained more than 90 million views online \\u2013 and it builds on their previous characters \\u201CThe news stories that were the most inspiring and interesting to us were often these corporate scandals these cancellation stories,\\u201D Zerbst says \\u201CSo we\\u2019ve always been across creating satire around that \\u201CAnd then we\\u2019ve always had these characters and creating a universe in which it is plausible that two young women can become the new power brokers in their office environment.\\u201D There\\u2019s not that many areas in which your youth and even your gender can help you because so many institutions are so male-dominated Firth is the perfect foil to Owen and Zerbst\\u2019s characters \\u201CIt\\u2019s not too dissimilar,\\u201D Zerbst says \\u201CWe joke that the show\\u2019s a documentary because he comes to the writers\\u2019 room with this different perspective Adds Owen: \\u201CAnd sometimes we\\u2019ll just say \\u2018Was that gibberish?\\u2019 He\\u2019ll reference names and say it\\u2019s kind of like Baby John Burgess.\\u2019 And we\\u2019ll be like \\u201COne of the best parts of the show was just seeing him come to life as that character Name a show \\u2013 especially a comedy \\u2013 on one of the commercial networks that doesn\\u2019t rely on road-tested personalities \\u201CThe problem is that now you just have people coming up on TikTok or self-funding their own work \\u201CNeither of us came from that kind of support or from money otherwise you wouldn\\u2019t have been able to do it,\\u201D Zerbst adds \\u201CThe talent in Australia is so dense,\\u201D Owen says \\u201CThe more you eliminate those spaces streaming series and movies to add to your must-sees. Credit: ABCNext time you think about your carbon footprint feeling guilty you didn’t offset your most recent flight The term “carbon footprint” was the brainchild of an advertising agency The idea was that if you persuade individuals into being concerned about the environmental impact of their own actions (do you have solar panels that person is going to be less laser-focused on who the real big polluters are It’s a classic bait-and-switch from the public relations and crisis management industry which will come under a gleeful and satirical microscope in the new comedy series Optics Get the first look at the digital newspaper curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox Get the NewsletterBy continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.“It’s not just a matter of burying the story it’s a matter of creating a new story for everyone to latch onto,” Optics co-creator Jenna Owen told The Nightly in mid-December The New York Times published an expose that detailed actor Blake Lively’s explosive allegations against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni Lively had accused him and his team of publicists and crisis managers of orchestrating a campaign to destroy her reputation to distract from the real story which is that she had made complaints of Baldoni’s alleged inappropriate conduct during the production who has a much higher profile than Baldoni had come under sustained attack online and in the media during It Ends With Us’s promotional campaign for a series of perceived tone-deaf blunders Baldoni had positioned himself as a feminist ally and advocate of the film’s domestic violence themes Lines were drawn and the collective wisdom of the opinionated internet took sides The actor alleges it wasn’t an organic movement but the manipulations of a clutch of people PR wizards Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel two names that would usually never be publicly associated with a practice that Particularly damning was a series of text messages One of the missives from Nathan in trying to reassure Abel that Baldoni would be looked after read: “You know we can bury anyone” Baldoni sued by ex-publicist after Blake Lively claimsPop Culture2 Min Read25 Dec 2024When the story broke Owen and her co-creator Vic Zerbst and their producers’ group chat lit up this is exactly it,” Zerbst recalled of the messages pinging back and forth between them “These are people that exist in the shadows had a shorthand for anyone not familiar with crisis management Vic Zerbst and Jenna Owen also worked together on The Feed Credit: ABC“This is that perfect reference,” Zerbst continued this is the world we’re exploring and it’s so juicy and so crazy and so complex which Owen and Zerbst co-created with Charles Firth who are promoted to run a crisis management firm and faced with a series of challenges drawn from familiar scenarios — the drunk footballer who disgraced himself “The truth is always stranger than fiction,” Owens said “A lot of these scandals are analogues for things that really did happen and the way in which they happened It won’t take a genius to realise what we’re referencing “We wanted that because we know these scandals were in the public eye and we wanted people to question the rollout of those scandals and how they happened.” most of what happens behind the scenes whether in corporations never even make it to the public because people like their Optics characters make sure they don’t come out “We’ve been writing this for four years but the same scandals keep appearing again and again,” Zerbst said “It’s terrible to see these things continuing Blake Lively files shock sexual harassment complaintFilm3 Min Read22 Dec 2024The Lively/Baldoni scandal which has seen both sides filing dueling lawsuits including the most recent development of Lively’s team requesting a gag order be placed on Baldoni’s lawyer to stop him from allegedly leaking to the media also went to the heart of the characters Owens and Zerbst had created it can get away with Greta and Nicole doing some awful things and making morally questionable decisions “We were interested in portraying this thing that we’ve seen within our generation of young women who start out idealistic and then slowly being crushed within a system as they try to succeed with it Optics season one consists of six episodes or do you try and do the dreaded change from within “We want to have those conversations around why people do what they do and what are the institutions that manipulate people into it as well.” She said Optics can be a “hard watch” in a similar way to how the British The Office can be awkward and cringe we’re girls and it’s important we’re in this industry we deserve to be here and we’ve been oppressed for so long’,” Owen explained all of this fighting and hierarchy in this world is just one big distraction from the real question which is ‘Why do have this world in the first place?’.” The timing of the Lively/Baldoni case was exciting even though it’s terrible it happened in the first place It will supercharge what Owen and Zerbst wanted to do with the series which is to increase media literacy and have audiences question how they’re consuming a story and be savvier about what structural powers may be at work behind the scenes “They say advertising is the poetry of capitalism then crisis management and public relations is the poetry of late-stage capitalism.” Optics is on ABC and iView from January 29 Latest EditionEdition Edition 5 May 20255 May 2025All-powerful Anthony Albanese says give me some R.E.S.P.E.C.T Vic Zerbst and Chaser alumnus Charles Firth star in ABC’s intelligent new series about the dark and duplicitous underbelly of PR in Australia “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story” may be an old adage – but it’s never been more relevant When major corporations are bosom buddies with news outlets and world leaders when celebrities are protected from bad PR at all costs when product is more important than people – who knows what’s real any more the new series written by Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst (also known as comedy duo Freudian Nip) and Charles Firth After the sudden death of the big boss at crisis management PR firm Fritz & Randell Greta Goldman (Zerbst) and Nicole Kidman (Owen – and yes in a gag that quickly wears thin) are given the top job in a move to shake up the company – or cover an impending PR disaster by a bit of diversity box-ticking including shunned 40-something company heir Ian Randell (Firth) The women might be running the show on the surface but “board approval” is forever pending and the men are clearly still pulling the strings As two of them say in hushed tones: “It’s just optics with the girls – isn’t everything?” the pair must find ways to skate around the truth – or distort it entirely Greta and Nicole do seem to have some moral compass and their discomfort is evident – but the show must go on zippy one-liners that contain depressing nuggets of truth An airline executive calls the company’s flight statistics “an aspirational goal like a new year’s resolution or a climate target” When a woman is interviewed on the news regarding the lecherous actor she is asked: “He’s the most famous star in Hollywood Why should our viewers trust your word over his?” Owen and Zerbst are clearly familiar with this world of long sushi lunches exclusive airline lounges and conspiratorial agreements; the often ridiculous conversations and scenes within the workplace gave me war flashbacks as someone who also once worked in PR Cody (Bali Padda) Leo (Kaan Guldur) and Ian (Charles Firth) in Optics super-online Gen Z-ers who are rapidly ascending the ranks in the corporate world with the kind of easy rapport and banter that will feel familiar to viewers of the same generation and the power struggle between him and the two women feels as pulled from the real world as some of the PR crises: they’re whip-smart and he’s bumbling and out of touch (“only wowsers and feminists hate fun,” he says early in the series) but he’s the one with the family ties and the clients’ respect Firth plays the character well – a slightly sad and pathetic middle-aged man who’s oblivious to the fact that he’s had everything handed to him the women have to constantly prove themselves to their clients and colleagues – and the viewer comes to suspect that they’re pawns in a bigger game Free newsletterCatch up on the fun stuff with Guardian Australia's culture and lifestyle rundown of pop culture intelligent show that reveals the duplicitous underbelly of public relations in Australia and the way diversity often plays out in the corporate world: as lip service only Some of the scenarios and characters border on caricature – but when modern life is becoming increasingly cartoonish Optics premieres Wednesday 29 January at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce filming has commenced in Sydney on Optics a new six-part comedy series from the brilliant creative minds of Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst (The Feed Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Story) and The Chaser’s Charles Firth Optics is an Easy Tiger and Chaser Digital production directed by the award-winning Max Miller (Aunty Donna’s Coffee Café Easy Tiger’s Rob Gibson and Ian Collie (Colin from Accounts) Optics follows two whip-smart 20-something women (Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst) who are unexpectedly promoted to run crisis management PR firm Fritz & Randell after the death of office patriarch Frank Fritz As they battle weekly public relations crises from celebrities and power challenges from veteran PR flack Ian Randell (Charles Firth) they slowly come to realise that their firm might have a scandal brewing of its own and start to wonder: have they been set up to fail laugh-out-loud workplace comedy that lifts the veil on everyday office politics and on the corporate spin that inflects all the news we consume “We’re thrilled to be working with such an incredibly talented team to bring this fast-paced and bitingly funny comedy to ABC As well as being dazzled by their sharp comic minds we know audiences will also be gobsmacked to learn what goes on behind the scenes in the often murky world of PR.” “Jenna and Vic are among our brightest new comedy talents and their intergenerational sparring with the always-hilarious Charles Firth – the middle-aged man’s middle-aged man – is comedy gold We can’t wait for Australia to see them all practising the dark arts of PR in the halls of Fritz and Randell.” we were worried that there weren’t enough PR crises in Australia to sustain 30 minutes of television each week there’s enough material for about 30 years of television each week.” Screen Australia COO Grainne Brunsdon says high-energy and perfectly poised to elevate Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst’s careers With their unique style and Charles’ hilarious touch it’s an exhilarating ride that highlights the absurdities of our digital age “Jenna and Vic are two of the most exciting and refreshing voices in comedy and I can’t wait to see them join forces with Charles Firth to put their own unique spin on the world of crisis PR Screen NSW are thrilled to support the entire team in bringing this hilarious series to ABC next year.” Optics will premiere on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2025 Optics is an Easy Tiger and Chaser Digital production for the ABC Major production investment from Screen Australia and the ABC Optics is produced in association with and distributed by ITV Studios Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst have been performing as sketch-comedy duo Freudian Nip (with occasional other members) for a decade now most notably on SBS’s news satire series The Feed But it was a viral video in 2023 for the Voice to Parliament referendum that introduced the pair to a wider audience (their Chaser skit as teenage contact tracers during the pandemic was another hit) and Vic Zerbst as Nicole and Greta in Optics.Credit: ABC they made their film debut as writers and stars of the Stan Christmas film Nugget Is Dead and now they’ve teamed with The Chaser’s Charles Firth to create and co-write Optics Zerbst is Greta Goldman and Owen is Nicole Kidman (no juniors at prestige PR firm Fritz & Randell run by middle-aged men who exclude them from most meetings until CEO Frank Fritz (Peter Carroll) dies during a meeting but the firm’s owner Bobby (Claude Jabbour permanently accompanied by his bodyguard/PA Dod He promotes the girls to co-CEOs – “subject to board approval” – before leaving them to deal with a football player who’s been filmed punching a priest Fritz & Randell specialises in crisis management businesses and sportsmen (is it ever sportswomen?) are caught misbehaving on social media or being called out for problematic behaviour Greta and Nicole – chronically online 20-somethings who can post on TikTok while discussing an entirely different matter in under 30 seconds – have been thrown in at the deep end workshopped in rapid-fire banter so fast it’s hard to keep up with the biting dialogue They concoct “Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder” – “something the misogynistic medical profession struggles to diagnose” – to save a female entrepreneur (Grey’s Anatomy’s Kate Walsh) accused of bullying; strike a deal with a dodgy regulator to save the face of airline Qalitus (!) and when a Hollywood actor’s skin-collecting “habit” is exposed they spin the bad press into “kink-shaming” a despondent Ian works on low-profile cases while Greta and Nicole try to nail down their contracts with the elusive Bobby Slowly it becomes clear that they’ve been promoted for the optics and that Frank was harbouring secrets; office manager Meredith (Belinda Giblin) discovers several skeletons in the firm’s closets and it seems these are about to be exposed It also dawns on Ian and the girls that they can use each other’s help When Australia’s biggest telecoms company goes down and Nicole and Greta are without their omnipresent phones Apart from not being able to upload any “postable moments” they can’t even order an Uber – and they need Ian’s help with a strategy with swipes at just about everyone (the intergenerational sparring apparently inspired by Owen and Zerbst’s experiences working with Firth) the series is also a dig at “glass cliffing”; as opposed to the glass ceiling a glass cliff is when women are promoted only when a company is in trouble and needs good optics There’s a terrific ensemble of guest stars but Optics belongs to Owen and Zerbst – these two will give you hope for the next generation of Australian comedy Find out the next TV, streaming series and movies to add to your must-sees. Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday most notably on SBS\\u2019s news satire series The Feed and now they\\u2019ve teamed with The Chaser\\u2019s Charles Firth to create and co-write Optics but the firm\\u2019s owner Bobby (Claude Jabbour He promotes the girls to co-CEOs \\u2013 \\u201Csubject to board approval\\u201D \\u2013 before leaving them to deal with a football player who\\u2019s been filmed punching a priest Greta and Nicole \\u2013 chronically online 20-somethings who can post on TikTok while discussing an entirely different matter in under 30 seconds \\u2013 have been thrown in at the deep end workshopped in rapid-fire banter so fast it\\u2019s hard to keep up with the biting dialogue They concoct \\u201CPre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder\\u201D \\u2013 \\u201Csomething the misogynistic medical profession struggles to diagnose\\u201D \\u2013 to save a female entrepreneur (Grey\\u2019s Anatomy\\u2019s Kate Walsh) accused of bullying; strike a deal with a dodgy regulator to save the face of airline Qalitus (!) and when a Hollywood actor\\u2019s skin-collecting \\u201Chabit\\u201D is exposed they spin the bad press into \\u201Ckink-shaming\\u201D Slowly it becomes clear that they\\u2019ve been promoted for the optics and that Frank was harbouring secrets; office manager Meredith (Belinda Giblin) discovers several skeletons in the firm\\u2019s closets It also dawns on Ian and the girls that they can use each other\\u2019s help When Australia\\u2019s biggest telecoms company goes down and Nicole and Greta are without their omnipresent phones Apart from not being able to upload any \\u201Cpostable moments\\u201D they can\\u2019t even order an Uber \\u2013 and they need Ian\\u2019s help with a strategy with swipes at just about everyone (the intergenerational sparring apparently inspired by Owen and Zerbst\\u2019s experiences working with Firth) the series is also a dig at \\u201Cglass cliffing\\u201D; as opposed to the glass ceiling There\\u2019s a terrific ensemble of guest stars but Optics belongs to Owen and Zerbst \\u2013 these two will give you hope for the next generation of Australian comedy PROVINCETOWN — Dorothy Zerbst has been named the director of tennis at Provincetown Tennis Club Zerbst will oversee all aspects of tennis operations and programming at the club She comes to the club with more than 20 years of coaching experience Zerbst was a noted tennis player in her native South Africa earning a Women’s Tennis Association doubles world ranking at age 19 Zerbst is a United States Professional Tennis Association certified professional who has taught in both private and public clubs Juan Benitez will serve as Zerbst’s first assistant pro Benitez is a student at Baylor University where he serves as a student assistant coach with the school’s Division I men’s tennis team he was an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American in both singles and doubles in 2017 Josh Bookman will return this summer as a second assistant pro founded in 1924 to foster a welcoming community for tennis enthusiasts All members of the community are encouraged to sign up for an annual membership the woman who would become Catherine the Great was born as Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst in Stettin Karl Ulrich was the only son of Charles Frederick Grand Duchess and oldest daughter of Peter the Great The young man was brought from Germany to Russia by his aunt Elizabeth also arranged for Peter to marry Catherine and they began their notoriously unhappy marriage in 1745 While Peter was unpopular (he spoke no Russian which didn’t endear himself to the people he was to rule) he introduced several policies that were seen as progressive at the time including some religious freedom and modernization of the army quickly overshadowed by his wife Catherine Shortly after Peter III gained control of the throne he was overthrown in a coup d’etat which Catherine organized Catherine came into power as empress in 1762 and ruled until 1796 Catherine became “the Great” for her expansion of the Russian Empire in size and strength making the country one of Europe’s great powers She was also known for her love of the arts and literature; the Hermitage in St Petersburg was originally her personal collection Among her most famous companions was Voltaire who called her "The Star of the North." The two never met in person but they kept regular correspondence until his death Catherine remains Russia’s longest-ruling female leader and is seen as a one of Russia’s most powerful rulers Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution This follows our earlier unjust labeling as a "foreign agent." These actions are direct attempts to silence independent journalism in Russia The authorities claim our work "discredits the decisions of the Russian leadership." We see things differently: we strive to provide accurate We, the journalists of The Moscow Times, refuse to be silenced. But to continue our work, we need your help please support us monthly starting from just $2 and every contribution makes a significant impact independent journalism in the face of repression By joining, you agree to our Privacy Policy & Terms of Use Meet the new vanguard of Australian creatives bakers and social media stars are blazing their way to the top of their fields while ensuring the path is clear for those following in their footsteps Their passion is palpable; their follow-through second to none Remember these faces: You’ll be seeing a lot more of them Comedy with purpose has always been the catch-cry of the comedic duo Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst, who perform as Freudian Nip. They may look familiar thanks to SBS’ news satire series The Feed, but it was a skit for the Voice referendum that pushed them into the spotlight.  Featuring the rapper Briggs (aka Senator Briggs, aka Adam Briggs) the duo played an oblivious pair of friends to whom Briggs calmly explains the reason for the vote. It immediately went viral, with the filmmaker Taika Waititi sharing it.  “When we started our career, we felt a lot of external pressure to always be conveying some powerful message of absolute feminism or whatever Zerbst neatly finishes her train of thought “We’ve moved away from that a lot.”  The secret to Freudian Nip’s creative partnership hinges on shirking that pressure.  it is really [about] a sense of play,” Zerbst says creativity is just finding new ways of seeing the world… ways that make the world a little bit more palatable because it can be a tough place to be.”  we just love to have new experiences and meet new people and collect new characters That’s where we find the most joy — and in making each other laugh Jenna and Vic are two of ELLE Australia’s ‘Bright Young Things’ featured in our March 2024 Issue Read about the next generation of Australian creative talent Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page shared by Taika Waititi and Jason Momoa – videoThis article is more than 1 year oldThe video starring A.B Original rapper Briggs and comedy duo Freudian Nip (Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst) has been viewed millions of times since it was published on 4 October Briggs challenges Owen and Zerbst over their plan to vote no in the voice referendum because 'it's confusing' and 'doesn't go far enough' produced by Michael Cody and Nash Edgerton Production companies are Blue-Tongue Films and Collider Rapper Briggs urges yes supporters to ‘defuse the nonsense’ ahead of voice referendum Find out more about the voice We asked Australian comedians to tell us what makes them crack up online The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Making videos for the internet as a job can poison you in the most gorgeous way. We have become deeply online people. In the process of making this list, however, we’ve realised that most of the videos we watch online are deeply sincere: DIY hacks, positivity vids, this Instagram page called Your Daily Dose of Cows The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. The good news, though, is that sometimes we stop trying to grow as people and simply ... have to laugh. We do share a lot of TikToks with each other. We love the app as content-watching connoisseurs, not posters – so much so that Victoria allows herself two hours of guilt-free TikTok watching daily, a truly evil time of day she calls “TikTok o’clock”. Because a lot of these TikToks are sacred, we have decided to share the next best thing (no teenagers). Here is our list of funny internet gifts that inspire us and keep us up too late at night. My favourite things on the internet are unfortunately things I can buy I’ve gotten back on eBay recently and it’s been a full-blown catastrophe A tiny package arrived at my door recently and I realised the candles I bid on were so cheap because they were birthday candles – completely and utterly useless to me Truly, I don’t watch that much comedy online. I think sometimes it feels like work – which is maybe why I want to kick off with this video, my most watched by far, which is of the large, rare kākāpō bird humping a photographer while Stephen Fry stands around saying I made a Facebook page for this bird in year 11 To psychoanalyse why I have watched this video 2,000 times seems .. I think it is always funny when one person’s great time (the kākāpō) is someone else’s polite nightmare (the photographer) Man, I love these recurring sketches. It’s really hard to pick just one: it’s so difficult to devise a character and/or format that people care enough about in, like, two minutes to want to see in different scenarios, and Black Comedy have done that consistently for years Blakforce is the perfect example of commitment to the joke – amazing performances and perfect gag executed and escalated again and again Tim Robinson’s show I Think You Should Leave on Netflix includes sketches that were rejected by SNL back when he was a writer probably because they break all the comedy “rules” and slayed my life in the process Victoria makes me laugh the most on screen when her character unravels Nothing I’m showing you makes me seem that crazy internet-y I like to use Facebook messenger and buy things on eBay But the Lonely Island dudes are among the biggest inspirations to Victoria and me This is one of our favourite songs of theirs because it’s such a good lighthearted jab at the insincerity of the “political” celebrity You need to know Madga Szubanksi’s Lynne Postlewaite to understand what I desperately try to do with the characters I play with Victoria and this feels right to finish on as I’ve been in awe of Magda Jane Turner (and Gina Riley) since I was young Rewatching this sketch made me emotional to think what little Watch-Fast-Forward-On-YouTube Jenna would think of the job I get to do now The short films of Kate Berlant and John Early are comic gems This one is a subtle but perfectly paced interaction between two very performative people Jenna and I love all their work, especially their webseries 555 on Vimeo This is some 2018 Jaboukie Young-White on Fallon magic. However, I’d like to say that everything Jaboukie does online makes me laugh. His Twitter account rules and he always manages to be irreverent and political and fun and incisive at the same time Summit Ice Apparel is a business he started five years ago for an episode of Nathan For You after discovering his go-to winter jackets were made by a company that had published a tribute to a Holocaust denier in its catalogue I will make my own jackets and they will raise money for Holocaust awareness The incongruity of promoting soft-shell winter jackets with Holocaust awareness is perfectly captured in the website, which is still live and selling jackets. My friend got me one for my birthday and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. It came with a page of Holocaust facts. Harry Potter except the wands are gunsIt is upsetting how funny this video of Harry Potter but with guns is to me My defence is that it’s an elegant joke shining with incongruity and it’s executed very well and the beats and rhythm just work Harry Potter except the wands are guns pic.twitter.com/wFFDbepOrh The TikTok kids would say I’m sad millennial scum for including this so here’s a reminder that they are right i’m awake at 3 am and i just want everyone to know what gen z says about millennials on tiktok..... pic.twitter.com/zduy5QmBCG HOT NEW TRACK w my girl bosses @tweetrajouhari & @Party_Harderson at ITS A GUY THING - our next show at @UnionHallNY is july 1st 😘 pic.twitter.com/VGRvTyY6Tf That’s why, even after two years, I keep coming back to this live low-fi recording of Patti Harrison, Mitra Jouhari and Cat Cohen singing He’s Nice To Me at some venue. It’s a girl gang bubblegum pop banger with wonderfully cutting lyrics about female hypocrisy and conditional feminism. I particularly love Harrison’s verse when she says (about a guy): “If you’re taller than me and like one of my photos online you are now my god and my best friend and I would die for you.” An honourable mention goes to Victoria Zerbst’s own work – a very official-looking Break Up Press Release that she posted on Facebook about her and her uni boyfriend’s break-up in 2016. I’m not allowed to link it, but know that it makes me laugh every day. Comedians Vic and Jenna on that viral Voice videoThis viral campaign video has been shared by Jason Momoa and Taika Waititi Here's the story behind it.The video encourages people to educate themselves about the Voice referendum These 106,000 people might not be Australian citizens Here are the key arguments for and against the Voice John Farnham did not get paid for lending You're the Voice to campaign 'bonkers' Voice vote conspiracies on social media Nathan Cleary's Yes video went viral online ShareGet SBS News daily and direct to your InboxSign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.Your email address *Morning (Mon–Fri) 2020Save this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links which dives into not only his famous buildings but also his forays into furniture and interior design Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya/Courtesy of Taschen1/10Gaudí studied at the Barcelona School of Architecture at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya where he investigated a number of historical architectural styles he incorporated everything from Moorish to classical elements where Doric-inspired columns fill the market hall the ceiling is decorated with colorful mosaics Casa Vicens in Barcelona has wrought-iron balconies that display similarities to many Art Nouveau structures But its colorful mosaic-clad façade is definitively Gaudí features a playful take on Gothic architecture are decorated with mosaics made from broken coffee cups but it was not completed by the time of his death in 1926 Zerbst writes in the introduction to the book: “‘Do you want to know where I found my model?’ [Gaudí] once asked a visitor to his workshop ‘An upright tree; it bears its branches and these And every individual part has been growing harmoniously bonkers musicalCo-stars Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst share their insights on the inter-generational housing battle while comedian Susie Youssef reveals she was conned into singing.‘Time To Buy: A Musical About The Property Market’ Behind the fame: a daughter’s reminiscence of punk rock pioneer Poly Styrene Discover one man’s passion to prove the Tasmanian Tiger is still out there From Derry Girl to travel doyenne: ‘Exploring Northern Ireland’ with Siobhán McSweeney Here’s what’s leaving SBS On Demand in March 2022 ‘Ice Cowboys’ invites us to one of the toughest endurance sports in the world – dogsledding Hot hits: Listen to all the songs of 'Eurovision - Australia Decides' 2022 New SBS documentary 'Life on the Outside' follows a unique initiative to tackle recidivism We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Think Australia's tough defamation laws only affect the country's investigative journalists? Think again. Satirists are being forced to rewrite scripts that deal with sexual harassment in the entertainment industry over fears they could land themselves in court. Comedians Victoria Zerbst and Jenna Owen, who work for SBS's The Feed, recently canned a sketch about Geoffrey Rush's court case at the advice of the broadcaster's lawyers. Instead, the pair aired a skit about not being able to say anything at all – before launching into a mock-review of the original Pirates of the Caribbean film. Zerbst said the pair have been flooded with positive responses from women after the skit went to air on Tuesday evening. "We have a lot of young women who follow our work," she said. "The response from them has been really positive. Defamation laws can be a huge barrier to speaking out publicly about what's happened to them in certain industries. And there's so much at risk with careers and reputations. "It feels like the balance of power is tipped towards people's reputations. We have a lot of respect for the SBS legal team. But it's a difficult climate to work around and we want to keep the conversation going." Victoria Zerbst, left, and Jenna Owen from SBS's The Feed.Credit: SBS The Feed Owen agreed, arguing comedy has always sought to push boundaries and get people to think critically. "I think making people laugh through this time - when everything is in flux while we build a better future - is so important," she said. "While the justice system has to be able to run its course, it's also incredibly broken and our job in comedy is to try and remind people that the defamation laws in Australia protect those with power and not those without it. "We'll use any technique we legally can to tip the scales back." Michael Bradley, managing partner at Marque Lawyers, said Australia has the most restrictive defamation laws among Western democracies. He said it can be difficult for comedians to defend their work because, unlike journalists, truth is not often an available defence. "Our laws have a real profound, chilling effect on free expression, including satire and comedy," he said. "Usually, defamation plaintiffs will sue the media company because they have the deepest pockets. But sometimes, they'll sue the writer or performer." Bradley said a defamation case could be brought against a comedian even if they were performing in a small bar with just a handful of people in the audience. "You can theoretically have defamation that is communicated to just one person," he said. "Most of the damages are for loss of reputation, so if only a small number of people were actually subject to the defamation and there wasn't much harm, it's probably not going to make it the plaintiff's worthwhile. "If you've been defamed to a very small audience, you can, of course, make what was a very small issue a very big issue because the media can report on the case. [But] there's no strict defence of satire or making fun of people." Think Australia's tough defamation laws only affect the country's investigative journalists? Think again. Comedians Victoria Zerbst and Jenna Owen, who work for SBS's\\u00A0The Feed, recently canned a sketch about Geoffrey Rush's court case at the advice of the broadcaster's lawyers. Instead, the pair aired a skit about not being able to say anything at all\\u00A0\\u2013 before launching into a mock-review of the original\\u00A0Pirates of the Caribbean\\u00A0film. \\\"We have a lot of young women who follow our work,\\\" she said. \\\"The response from them has been really positive. Defamation laws can be a huge barrier to speaking out publicly about what's happened to them in certain industries. And there's so much at risk with careers and reputations. \\\"It feels like the balance of power is tipped towards people's reputations. We have a lot of respect for the SBS legal team. But it's a difficult climate to work around and we want to keep the conversation going.\\\" \\\"I think making people laugh through this time - when everything is in flux while we build a better future - is so important,\\\" she said. \\\"While the justice system has to be able to run its course, it's also incredibly broken and our job in comedy is to try and remind people that the defamation laws in Australia protect those with power and not those without it. \\\"We'll use any technique we legally can to tip the scales back.\\\" Michael Bradley, managing partner at Marque Lawyers, said Australia has the most restrictive\\u00A0defamation laws among Western democracies. He said it can be difficult for comedians to defend their work because, unlike journalists, truth is not often an available defence. \\\"Our laws have a real profound, chilling effect on free expression, including satire and comedy,\\\" he said. \\\"Usually, defamation plaintiffs will sue the media company because they have the deepest pockets. But sometimes, they'll sue the writer or performer.\\\" \\\"You can theoretically have defamation that is communicated to just one person,\\\" he said. \\\"Most of the damages are for loss of reputation, so if only a small number of people were actually subject to the defamation and there wasn't much harm, it's probably not going to make it the plaintiff's worthwhile. \\\"If you've been defamed to a very small audience, you can, of course, make what was a very small issue a very big issue because the media can report on the case. [But] there's no strict defence of satire or making fun of people.\\\" lost his pants on a snag and been searching for missing teenagers in the river All articles from our website & appThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxInteractive Crosswords Sudoku and TriviaAll articles from the other regional websites in your areaContinueCAUTION: Tony Zerbst knows all too well the dangers the Murray River presents for swimmers and watersport enthusiasts and says people should always put safety first.In his 40 years of paddling So whether you're sitting down or standing up paddling he said it's important to put safety first “Given the number of people who use the Murray compared to the number of incidents I think it's a pretty safe river,” Mr Zerbst said “The simplest safeguard is to stay away from snags and obstructions in the water “There is enough space in the river to be able to look ahead and around you.” Modern designed lifejackets have made them easier to wear while doing physical activity Mr Zerbst said whenever he was out of his comfort zone “At least if you do have buoyancy and you tip out of your boat or off your paddle board you can focus on getting them back,” he said “After a while you don’t even notice you're wearing it for how long and take an emergency phone with you in a plastic container. It's good to know what course you're taking down the river and generally speaking if you stay to the right you won't go off on a tangent.” There is enough space in the river to be able to look ahead they may not have found themselves lost and stranded on an island near Wonga Wetlands Mr Zerbst said they'd branched out on to another course and completely missed Albury “Everyone was looking for them all afternoon and night it was very traumatic for their parents,” he said. “Had they have had a phone Mr Zerbst has snapped two canoes in Wodonga Creek and said it's an area to avoid because of snags “The current is so strong and when you get a fibreglass boat wrapped around a snag “One time I was out there training and my tracksuit got caught on a snag in the river with the boat.  “The only way I could get free was to take off my bottoms.  “I had to run home in the middle of winter – that was a memorable experience.” Today's top stories curated by our news team. 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Picture: DAVID THORPEA BIKE ride to support bashing victim Kris Mandeville has received an overwhelming response Sudoku and TriviaAll articles from the other regional websites in your areaContinueTony Zerbst who won this year’s veterans’ Multisport challenge and the Red Cross Murray Marathon who is in a stable but serious condition at the Royal Melbourne Hospital “I was gob-smacked when I made the connection that it was Kris,” Zerbst said and he burst into tears because that’s the kind of effect he had on people; he had an infectious personality.” Mr Zerbst hoped the community would get behind tomorrow night’s ride “I just hope people turn out for this ride even people that didn’t know him,” he said “My mum who is 83 and still rides a bike is going to come along “It would be great to see people support someone from the community who was trying to make a real contribution in some way and was a victim of the time.” Zerbst said he saw Mr Mande-ville on Saturday when he helped him with his bike at the Multisport challenge “He took a good hour and when I asked what I owed him “He was the nicest guy and he did not deserve what happened to him.” The ride will start at 5.30pm at QEII Square For details phone organiser Mark Riddell on 0425 359 655 Today's top stories curated by our news team Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation Catch up on the news of the day and unwind with great reading for your evening Get the editor's insights: what's happening & why it matters tips & travel writing to transport you around the globe Your weekday morning newsletter on national affairs Your essential national news digest: all the big issues on Wednesday and great reading every Saturday Let the ACM network's editors and journalists bring you news and views from all over reviews and expert insights every Thursday from CarExpert Your digital replica of Today's Paper Test your skills with interactive crosswords Stuff Crush • Publications From the Hispano-Arabic matrix of Casa Vicens to the shimmering textures and skeletal forms of Casa Batlló the works of Antoni Gaudí are as complex as the Catalan architect himself was often documented as being Born in Reus—a city in the Catalan province of Tarragona—on 25 June 1852 as a young man Gaudí would join the Catalonian nationalist movement A fact interesting for a man who would go on to devote himself entirely to the construction of his most famous work A Barcelona landmark and Spain’s most-visited monument it is perhaps the building most synonymous with the revered architect but Gaudí. The Complete Works—published by TASCHEN and written by Rainer Zerbst—celebrates the Catalan icon’s unique aesthetic and eccentric personality Gaudí had become such a disheveled recluse by the time of his death in an accident with a tram the architect had overseen some of the world’s most whimsically unforgettable architecture Featuring brand-new photography, plans and drawings by the architect himself, and each of his works from the buildings we know and love to furniture, interior decor and some spectacular unfinished projects (did you know he had been commissioned to build a 360 metre skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan?) The Complete Works is an exhaustive document of a creative whose portfolio is simply incomparable; a true master A personal tour through Barcelona of sorts, the book portrays Gaudí as a builder in the most authentic sense of the word, crafting extraordinary constructions out of minute and mesmerising details; transforming fantastical visions into realities on the city streets. Fusing Orientalism, natural forms, new and progressive materials, and religion into the Modernista style for which he is most famed 368-page hardback showcases how his aesthetic put Barcelona firmly on the global architecture map; the comprehensive appendix and biography as mesmerising as many of the images of creations themselves From Güell Park and Güell Palace to Casa Calvet the complete works of this monumentally important Catalan architect are catalogued here in impressive style The Complete Works is a must-have for anyone who has ever admired the fanciful work of this Catalan great @taschen and countryside charm is the latest destination to receive the Weekend Journals treatment the independent publisher recently released.. A sun-soaked reverie or a neon-lit fever dream The answer lies somewhere in between the high-rise pastels and sunburnt shoulders of Benidorm In his new publication for Hoxton Mini Press photographer Rob Ball takes readers on a journey through.. 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