Xu Xiang’s secretive trading style helped him achieve staggering returns on the Chinese sharemarket, even as the country’s boom turned to bust. Then his extraordinary luck ran out.

An international ranking puts Australia's schools in the middle of the pack, way behind many Asian regions – and Finland. But could striving to reach the top signal "the end of joy" for our kids?

Parts of the story "Waters of Doubt" (Good Weekend, May 7) incorrectly described the conduct of the trial and the role played by the prosecutor Tim Ellis, SC, the former Director of Public Prosecutions.

Pedicures have replaced pass-the-parcel, high teas trump hide-and-seek: these days, children's birthday parties pump to a very different beat.

In some European cities, drug dealers and addicts are watched over by the police at legal consumption rooms. Could Australia's ice epidemic be contained if we did the same?

A trailblazer for feminist heroines on TV and film, Helen Mirren loves shameless women - and Kim Kardashian's butt.

Too big to fail? Andrew Grech transformed an Australian law firm into a sharemarket-listed behemoth - only to see it crash and burn.

By constantly hounding a loved one, tracking their every move, sufferers of adult separation anxiety disorder push away the very person they so desperately need.

Known for its obsession with privacy and its silencing tactics, the Exclusive Brethren has managed to avoid any scrutiny over alleged child sex abuse. Until now.

A dusty and decrepit cafe serves as a bizarre living museum that tells the story of Australia’s decades-long love affair with the milk bar.

German teenager Paul Bühre has written a bestseller about the secret life of adolescent boys. According to him, the worst thing on the net is not what you might think it is.

Initially, many in the art world didn't quite get the wit and wonder of Queenslander William Robinson's work. Today, the 80-year-old's paintings routinely fetch six-figure sums.

A bone marrow transplant fails and Lucy Palmer, an Australian journalist, finds herself having to juggle the demands of her young family, the new farm and an adored husband, who is terminally ill.

A quiet determination to give back to those who showered him with love helped chef Matt Colinski emerge from the dark shadow of tragedy.

Two young men meet and fall in love. Twenty years later - in tragic circumstances, they marry. It is the start of a battle that will change the face of human rights across the world.

Move over Metallica ... some youthful Japanese iron maidens are giving the rockin' world of heavy metal a J-pop shake-up.

What happens when the cure becomes the cause of almost unbearable suffering?

One country was always going to be upset with Eddie Jones after the Australia-England rugby series. No big deal: the former Wallaby mentor turned enemy coach has spent much of his life as an outsider.

Chefs once plied their trade in sweat-stained obscurity. Now they have agents and book deals.

Ariana Grande's new album is set to cement her status as pretender to pop queen Britney's throne. First, though, there are some truly weird rumours to quash.

Barnaby Joyce’s rise from awkward, lonely farm boy to deputy prime minister surprised even himself. But what’s behind his bumbling exterior?