Good Weekend

EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, APRIL 1/17 ISSUE. Justin Wolfers & Betsey Stevenson photographed for Good Weekend by Tim ...

The very model of a modern power couple

Meet former Obama adviser Betsey Stevenson and Australian-raised Justin Wolfers: as eminent economists, their work is data-driven; as parents, it’s no different. Here’s how they apply “Lovenomics” to their private lives.

UPFRONT

Jessa Crispin.

Jessa Crispin

This polemicist's new book is making many women question the value of "fashionable" feminism.

Carolyn and Ned Travers.

Carolyn and Ned Travers

For teenager Ned Travers, walking an Italian pilgrim route with his mother Carolyn has improved his health.

'As a boy I imagined myself running along those channels in the coral,' writes Michael Sala.

Brain coral

Wherever Michael Sala’s family moved, a piece of coral went with them. Now he thinks of it as a map of his writer’s mind.

Illustration by Simon Letch.

Bad busker

How blunt can I be with a local busker about their prospects?

Benjamin Law.

Public speaking

Prepare, show up and feel free to freak out a little if necessary.

FOOD

Devilish chicken.

Serious spice

This chicken dish gets its zing from fiery chillies and tangy lemons.

Illustration by Simon Letch

Worth a detour

Here’s a big shout-out to our country restaurants – including those ones we’ve never heard of.

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