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Best of Good Weekend: Woman on Top

"There is good and bad in ageing. Each age you become reveals a new person you've become."

At 71, Helen Mirren remains as feisty, funny and fabulous as ever - with a keen appreciation for those modern women raising a middle finger to conformity.

Kerber's enthusiasm

Angelique Kerber plays a backhand in her Women's Singles Final match against Serena Williams.

Following an Australian Open win that no one saw coming, Germany’s Angelique Kerber has finally wrested the No. 1 ranking from Serena Williams. Now she’s preparing to return to defend her crown.

Heaven can wait

Thomas's own best material is always himself.

Please like me? We love him. For comedian Josh Thomas, life and art are virtually indistinguishable.

Return of the soldier

Graeme Cusack, 78, 2nd lieutenant, 6th Battalion, RAR, 1966.

After serving in war, most Australian veterans swore they’d never go back to Vietnam. But scores have since settled there, permanently.

Rage against the machine

Naomi Klein, the author is No Logo.

For Naomi Klein, the only way to save the planet is to smash capitalism. Are her ideas too radical to be useful?

Anne Tyler: time chaser

Author Anne Tyler at her home in Baltimore. "I'm still here, doing what I was doing when I was three."

In her new retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author "liked being rude to people, vicariously".

Going south

The Aurora Australis, which is regularly chartered by the Australian Antarctic Division for research and support ...

In lieu of TV, you can watch penguins. The food's great, but you’re 3000 kilometres away from your partner. Here's what life is really like in Antarctica.

2016 Gift Guide

2016 Most Wanted Gift Guide

We’ve done the hunting, you do the gathering: try these intriguing Christmas gift ideas to ensure that the joy is all in the receiving.

The fire starter

Flames sweep towards the heritage-listed NSW Central Coast town of Catherine Hill Bay on October 12, 2013.

A destructive blaze north of Sydney rages for days. Tim Elliott follows the investigation to find out if the inferno was deliberately lit.

Pete Evans: Leader of the tribe

Pete Evans has been ribbed on social media about his diet of activated almonds, which are soaked in water to force ...

TV chef and paleo diet champion Pete Evans eschews dairy and grains - but also sunscreen and fluoride - and his unusual advice goes out to 1.5 million Facebook followers.

My missing mother

John with Grace in 1936.

In World War II London, a four-year-old boy's mother disappears without a trace. Years late, not even knowing her name, he begins to search for her.

New face in town

Portrait of Dr Anne Aly.

Anne Aly is the first Muslim woman to be elected to federal parliament, a global counter-terrorism expert – and she’s destined to become a leading voice in public life.

Shock tactics

School-leavers are set to descend on popular Schoolies destinations next week including the Gold Coast and Bali- with ...

As Schoolies week kicks off, emergency specialists are using hard-core methods to deter adolescents from risk-taking behaviour,

They shoot horses, don't they?

They are bred for speed and grace, but when they don’t perform, the knackery looms.

The daughter of a former thoroughbred breeder confronts the brutal reality faced by racehorses who've outlived their usefulness.

Two Of Us

Bob and Judy Irwin at their property near Kingaroy.

Bob and Judy Irwin

Animal conservationist Bob Irwin, 77, was mourning the loss of his first wife when he met Judy, 61, in 2000. They slowly bonded over their mutual love of wildlife, went on to marry, and now live on a rural Queensland property.

Modern Guru

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Endorsed

For me, "the carols" were always Carols in the Domain.

Carols by candlelight

Dim sims. Off-key soap stars. Stilted gags from breakfast-TV hosts. The things an Aussie Christmas is made of.