How to leak a travel piece

August 26, 2026 — 9:00pm“Up early and reading an online story about British pubs by Herald travel expert Ben Groundwater, I was astounded to see two embedded ads for GROUNDWATER DRILLING SERVICES, illustrated with a gushing pipe,” notes Mark Southcott of Thirroul. “By 7.45, news of this vital service had gone – humans may have intervened to challenge the ad-matching computer – but should we warn Ben?”“I was excited, as a teenager, to be taken to Parramatta RSL with my parents for a rare celebratory meal,” recalls Maureen Partridge of Baulkham Hills. “Just as our main courses arrived, two men approached and told us to ‘eat up as fast as you can and then leave’. Our sin? My World War II veteran father was wearing a collared shirt and jacket but no tie (C8). Sixty years later I still avoid cl