Good Weekend

American Ballet Theater’s Misty Copeland will perform in Australia in November.

Beyond dance

America's Misty Copeland has morphed from prima ballerina into A-grade celebrity. And she's determined to use her profile to push for greater diversity in dance.

Born into a prosperous middle-class Venezuelan family, Diego felt he had no choice but to flee his homeland.

A cry for my country

As unrest in Venezuela intensifies, one of its sons bears witness to the nation's descent into chaos.

Manal al-Sharif: 'I'm 38 years old, I am a mother, I pay my own bills but, legally [in Saudi Arabia], I'm a minor. I ...

Drive baby, drive

When Manal al-Sharif got behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia – a taboo act for a woman – she paid a big price for her defiance.

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UPFRONT

Ray Martin: "Eye contact is important. Parents tell their kids to look them in the eye. I still say it to my own kids."

Ray Martin

He has made his living through talking - but is now exploring the power of silent communication.

Danny Katz.

Calling a foul

A parent in my daughter's football team isn't happy about my use of mild expletives and dad jokes in group emails.

Benjamin Law.

Communication

Speaking to someone with limited English? Don't shout, don't repeat, and consider this...

“I live on the other side of the world, but this brings me back home every time I look at it,” writes Monica McInerney.

Home plate

Novelist Monica McInerney says this emblem from her Australian childhood evokes both sweet and sore memories.

FOOD

Penne with preserved chilli tuna.

Delicious defiance

Italians may say "no cheese with seafood", but this dish is so awesome with parmesan, you'll be happy to break the rule.

Illustration by Simon Letch.

Man of the cloth

Tablecloths may be disappearing from restaurants, but I'll fight to the death to keep my table napkin.

Neptune Food & Wine.

Antipodean and Neptune

We visit Grant King's reincarnated Potts Point eatery and Chapel Street's latest mix of pan-Euro restaurant and cocktail bar.

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