Good Weekend
How a Ballarat girl created more than a 'little Aussie label'
Seven years after launching her eponymous label, fashion designer Rebecca Vallance's brand is bigger in the UK and the Middle East than in her home country.
- by Sharon Bradley
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Motherhood
The great Mother's Day book round-up
From the highbrow to the heartbreaking and humorous – whatever your mum's reading taste, the latest releases deliver page-turning satisfaction.
- by Nicole Abadee
Politics
Generation Z: politicised by necessity and already changing the world
Barely at voting age, post-Millennials are proving potent advocates for change, outstripping generations before them politically. Their role model? Harry Potter.
- by Amelia Lester
Stayin' alive: How Brisbane's Redcliffe has captured Bee Gees fever
You can tell by the way I use my walk: a tribute to the Bee Gees is bringing new life to the town where the chart-busting Gibb brothers were first discovered.
- by Frank Robson
Gaming & wagering
'Doing the walk of shame. Crying now': the dark life of a pokie addict
One gambler's story of the delight and devastation wrought by his addiction to poker machines around Sydney's CBD and eastern suburbs.
- by Drew Rooke
Two of Us
Two of us: clown doctors share the ups and downs of their 'weird job'
Sabrina D’Angelo and Curly Fernandez practise their quirky form of treatment in Sydney hospitals. Both believe that laughter is the best medicine.
- by Stephen Lacey
Seeking more energy, less stress? It's a walk in the park
With humans becoming more divorced from nature, particularly with our addiction to screen technologies, there may be a long-term cost to our mental health.
- by Greg Callaghan
Dicey Topics: Nazeem Hussain on politics, death and bodies
The 32-year-old stand-up comedian, TV star and comedy festival favourite chats with Benjamin Law about subjects we're told to keep private.
- by Benjamin Law
Parenting
Read: The novel that had me rethinking a common parenting choice
Entrusting your child to someone else is a giant leap of faith. That's why this book is sending shivers up the spines of parents all over the world.
- by Nicole Abadee
South Korea
Foreign Correspondence: sipping poison tea with Kim Jong-un
You've heard of tea with Mussolini. What about poison tea with Kim Jong-un? That describes my afternoon in Seoul recently, with a few qualifications.
- by Amelia Lester
Neil Perry's Mexican pork and chickpea soup
This hearty and delicious soup is so simple to make, but oh so good. You must give it a squeeze of lime.
- by Neil Perry