Flight over Antarctica.

The window-view surprise that took my breath away

Sightseeing flights over the coldest,windiest and driest continent give you an insight into its huge mountains – and get you back in the same day.

  • Liam Phelan

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Photographer Kate Geraghty

Into the conflict zone

As the world looks on in horror at events unfolding in the Middle East,Herald journalists Kate Geraghty and Matthew Knott,who have just arrived in Israel,talk about what it’s like to fly into a conflict zone.

  • Liam Phelan,Kate Geraghty andMatthew Knott
The Age Quiz

Quizzing the quizmaster:How the Herald compiles its puzzles

The Herald has some of the best and most challenging quizzes around. This is how we compile them.

  • Liam Phelan andChris Berry
It is that laugh that creates so much of the negative commentary?

A front-row seat to history

When it comes to big international stories,it doesn’t get much bigger than the US election. Our North America correspondent Farrah Tomazin pulls back the curtain on life on the campaign trail.

  • Farrah Tomazin andLiam Phelan
Drawing Taylor Swift

How to draw Taylor Swift

Our illustrator John Shakespeare has captured the pop star in watercolour. Watch how he does it.

  • Tom McKendrick andLiam Phelan
Tributes to the victims of the Hunter Valley bus crash.

What was the biggest news event of the past year?

In a year that gave us the Voice referendum and a new state government,Herald subscribers clicked most on a very human tragedy.

  • Bevan Shields andLiam Phelan
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Alan Jones is back in hospital for back surgery.

The inside story on the biggest news break of the week

The Alan Jones investigation was years in the making. But it all culminated in a tense meeting on a Wednesday afternoon.

  • Liam Phelan
The Herald’s new investigative reporters,clockwise from top left:Chris Barrett,Harriet Alexander,Eryk Bagshaw and Patrick Begley.

We’re doubling down on investigative journalism

We’ve given our investigative team more firepower,more than doubling its size and making it a real force in Australian journalism.

  • Liam Phelan
Eileen O’Shaughnessy,the underrated wife of English writer George Orwell.

Wake-up calls,patriarchy and parking:hard questions at the Herald

Reading a book about Eileen O’Shaughnessy,the “invisible” wife of George Orwell,has prompted an examination of what stories we cover,and what we might have missed.

  • Liam Phelan
This weekend it’s all about the King

How we’re planning coverage fit for a king

King Charles will be crowned tomorrow,but just how much attention should the Herald give this historic event?

  • Liam Phelan