Naomi Toy

Naomi Toy

Naomi has worked as a reporter at The Daily Telegraph for more than a decade. She once steered the ship that was Sydney Confidential, and is now a senior feature writer.

Articles by Naomi Toy

How many other Schapelle Corbys are there?

How many other Schapelle Corbys are there?

26 Aug 09 She sits in a prison, thousands of kilometres away from her family and friends. She doesn’t speak the language and…... Read more

Giving 110 per cent to make footy the winner on the day

Giving 110 per cent to make footy the winner on the day

20 Aug 09 It’s been described as footy’s worst interview. Dragons fullback Darius Boyd managed just 28 words in response to eight questions…... Read more

Ramsay’s attack was many things, but it wasn’t sexist

12 Jun 09 Here’s an oldie but a goody: Why do women wear makeup and perfume? Because they are ugly and they stink.…... Read more

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The humourless hysteria of the holier-than-thou

The humourless hysteria of the holier-than-thou

In I Spit On Your Grave, a young woman is gang raped in a remote woodland. She is beaten and tortured…

Cash mobs aren’t so flash

Cash mobs aren’t so flash

For a moment in the mid-naughties, they were the coolest of all cool social media-fuelled meme-thingos.…

If we wanted reality, we’d turn off the television

If we wanted reality, we’d turn off the television

“Some day, far into the future, this here machine will become a powerful medium with the potential…

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choice ringside rantings

From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012

marley says:

I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]

From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics

Erick says:

Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]

Gentle jabs to the ribs

No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops

No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops

Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more

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