James O’Loghlin: ‘I’d lie awake at night thinking: “Is there one thing I can do that will help my dying friend?”’

The broadcaster, comedian and writer on the lifelong friendship that turned him into an activist Strolling along the clifftop path that winds down to Coogee beach, James O’Loghlin and I pass a steady stream of small, ordinary pleasures. A well-fed beagle is lifted from a car for a walk; a woman in pink tights stretches on a yoga mat in the midday sun; an older couple share hot chips on the grass.“There’s a guy skipping, that’s nice,” O’Loghlin says, pointing at an athletic-looking young man with a rope. O’Loghlin, a comedian, writer and broadcaster, is an upbeat walking companion; quick to laugh, relentlessly curious and “always looking for stories”. Continue reading...