Good Weekend
Here comes the sun: Defending our summer rays
In the battle against skin cancer, have the upsides of a little ray of sunshine been overlooked?
- by Mark Whittaker
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Sexual assault
The suffering of sex slaves in the Congo: 'I was one woman to 20 men'
It’s the humanitarian crisis involving women and children that should horrify the world – yet it has gone largely unnoticed.
- by David Wroe
Finding Elena Ferrante: 'It was like working with a ghost'
As a TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend hits our screens, even its director hasn’t met the notoriously elusive author.
- by Merve Emre
Two of Us
Hostage survivor: 'We had to get something good out of this situation'
After being shot during Sydney's Lindt Cafe siege, Louisa Hope met the CEO of the Prince of Wales Hospital foundation and now friend, Leanne "Lulu" Zalapa.
- by Jane Albert
Immigration
My mother’s oak chest revived memories of our journey to a new land
A daughter discovers a fur stole and begins reminiscing about her family, the Beatles, a sea crossing and the dog she desperately wanted.
- by Joyce Morgan
Spotlight
China’s artificial moons – and other audacious projects
The next big thing? A plan to launch reflective material into space to illuminate cities at night. But not everyone is on board.
- by Greg Callaghan
Penny Wong
Dicey Topics: Penny Wong talks bodies, money and sex
The 50-year-old senator for South Australia discusses the subjects we're told to keep private.
- by Benjamin Law
Netflix
Tension, charm and intrigue – Bodyguard hits home
These are distressing times, but Britain's most-watched drama – and its star – is compulsively bingeable.
- by Donna Lu
Foreign correspondence
How a chain store captures the essence of a country's everyday life
Concerned about the cling wrap touching the banana bread? Japan's Tokyu Hands has the answer to this and many other daily dilemmas.
- by Amelia Lester
Indoors: Bruce Rickard's legacy of heart and hearth
An architect's quest to understand how domestic life could be optimised has been celebrated in a new book.
- by Karen McCartney
Pizza: a love that lasts a lifetime
Tomato sugo, gooey cheese and salty ham – our dependence, once formed, never really goes away.
- by Terry Durack