Good Weekend
Intensive carers: The health workers behind Australia's COVID-19 success story
From doctors and nurses to cleaners and pharmacists, hospital staff are the true heroes in Australia's successful response to the coronavirus pandemic. Those on the frontline at St Vincent's, Sydney, tell their stories.
- by Tim Elliott
Latest
South Africa
Indiana Bones, the Melbourne archaeology students and the fossil 'jigsaw puzzle' that wowed the world
After painstakingly gluing together more than 100 fossil fragments, Angeline Leece and Jesse Martin stood back and gazed in awe. What they saw would rewrite humanity's family tree.
- by Jane Cadzow
Reflections
Keeping up appearances: who do I wear clothes for, anyway?
My dresses hang like ghosts. Heels now seem laughable. The circumscribed life of the past few months has made me rethink fashion – and all its silliness.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Catholic church
Breaking the habit: why this believer left the Sisters of Mercy after 25 years
Rebecca McCabe and Rosemary Crumlin were nuns in the same order, then Rebecca ran out of energy trying to belong.
- by Konrad Marshall
Dicey topics
Tony Shepherd: 'Sport is a religion. It gives us meaning'
As chair of AFL team GWS Giants and the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust, the 76-year-old businessman knows what matters to Australians – but he also reveres family and the sanctity of life.
- by Benjamin Law
Spotlight
Time to think out of the box – and get down to business
Where has our manufacturing industry gone? It's the question on everyone's lips.
- by Greg Callaghan
Foreign correspondence
The shocking new home truths about the way we were
Shaking hands, open-plan offices, crowded gigs: the past – on the surface, at least – is a foreign country.
- by Amelia Lester
Modern Guru
Brrrr. When should I change over to my winter pyjamas?
Whether to shiver or feel snug as a bug, the choice is yours – but beware things hidden under the doona.
- by Danny Katz
Watch Read & Listen
Life lessons learnt from the quarterdeck of HMS Surprise
Perhaps all our favourite books do this – teach us something about the world, or about ourselves.
- by Amanda Hooton
Recipes
Karen Martini's roasted vegetable and lentil soup
My family likes this earthy soup with a dollop of yoghurt and a squeeze of lemon, but it is perfectly delicious as is.
- by Karen Martini
Recipes
Neil Perry's prawn scrambled eggs
I love scrambled eggs and prawns, especially when combined with this dressing – it’s such a simple dish and, above all, delicious.
- by Neil Perry