Good Weekend

Birgitta Jonsdottir of the Pirate party (Pirater) arrives at a polling station in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2016.

The future face of populism?

  Activist Birgitta Jónsdóttir went from battling bugs in NSW to founding the Iceland Pirate Party. Now she's an MP. How will she keep everyone honest?

Doaa Al Zamel was just 19-years-old when she fled Syria to find a better life in Europe, with devastating consequences.

Blood on the water

  Doaa al-Zamel was a 19-year-old Syrian refugee when she entrusted people smugglers to get her to Europe-a decision with disastrous consequences.

UPFRONT

Kim Cattral on life after Sex and the City.

Kim Cattrall

Meet the actor who's proving that there are plenty of stories to be told about women "of a certain age".

The dying art of handwriting.

Handwriting

Handwriting is more than mere instant gratification: it is character, it is personal history.

Tania Harris, travelling pastor and speaker and humanitarian Anita Pahor.

Anita Pahor and Tania Harris

Anita Pahor, 45, founding patron of the Red Cross Society of Women Leaders, met Tania Harris, 48, a pastor, at theological college.

Illustration by Simon Letch

A teething problem

My daughter doesn't believe in the tooth fairy. So do I have to fork out for her baby teeth?

Benjamin Law.

Muay Thai

Fun-wise, this combat sport packs some serious punch. Just don't forget the shin pads.

FOOD