/ 30 May 2022

Record-sucking vampires, Gen Z rewrite work expectations, and so much rain…

Image source: Unsplash
Image source: Unsplash

What do you call 1,369 people attending Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire dressed as vampires? Insert shrugging lady emoji… But they’ve broken the record to mark 125 years since Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula was published.

Gen Z (aka those born between 1995-2009) are “the most technologically supplied, formally educated, globally-connected, and socially aware generation in history,” says demographer Mark McCrindle. And that means they have high expectations – particularly when it comes to where and how to work

Are you sick of Sydneysiders’ complaints about the endless rain they’ve received? Maybe you’ll be more sympathetic when you hear that Royal Botanic Gardens’ chief scientist Brett Summerall has confirmed that there’s “a lot of slimy stuff everywhere.” Which is the technical term, right? 

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