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How Australia's artisan producers pivoted to survive
Tough times in the restaurant trade are prompting quality local suppliers to build a new customer base.
- Necia Wilden
Winemakers step in and step up with a singular vision
Taking over from star predecessors is always a challenge. But these single-vineyard aficionados have done it with aplomb.
- Max Allen
Sydney to Bathurst and back in a Tesla Model 3 Long Range
Electric car drivers are used to having 'range anxiety' but this model puts that condition to rest.
- Tony Davis
Beware, Brisbane – giant birds are striking in September
Florentijn Hofman, the Dutch artist behind Sydney Harbour's supersized rubber duck, is unveiling his latest work at this year's Brisbane Festival.
- John McDonald
The right tool for the right job: Samsung's Galaxy Tab S7+
For anyone who wants to take handwritten notes on top of an audio recording, this is a killer device.
- John Davidson
This Month
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Brisbane Festival swaps blockbusters for the backblocks
New artistic director Louise Bezzina has deconstructed the festival for the COVID-19 era, vowing it will visit all 190 of the Queensland capital's suburbs.
- Michael Bailey
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And now for Rolls-Royce's post-opulence era
What do 'people of success' want in tough times? The head of the luxury British marque's Bespoke division explains.
- Tony Davis
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Burberry pins recovery on animal avatars and gaming delights
The virus has slashed the luxury British brand's sales but it's hoping a focus on sustainability and Chinese social media will put it back on track.
- Lauren Indvik
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Nutricosmetics pioneer shakes it up with a factory to call her own
A new Sydney bio-fermentation facility will enable Beauty Chef founder Carla Oates to concoct ever more powerful formulations of her hot-selling ingestibles.
- Georgina Safe
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CEO beats old injuries and new aches with yoga app
Richard Maloney has used technology to practise asanas in airport lounges, on a plane and around the world, from Bali to Bolivia.
- Life & Leisure
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Now you can call New York's Waldorf Astoria home
A $US1 billion revamp is adding uber-luxury residences to the mythic Manhattan hotel, but the city is facing a glut of apartments already.
- Edwin Heathcote
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Hard seltzers find their mark with the wellness generation
But this not-so-young wine hack is unimpressed.
- Max Allen
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Online gallery Curatorial+Co defies the times to go physical
I just want to do my own thing, curator and founder Sophie Vander says of her new 'anti-gallery' in Sydney's Redfern.
- Jane Albert
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Bentley reaches for the heavens with new Flying Spur
Sports sedans don’t come much bigger than the luxe marque's new flagship, nor much more expensive.
- Tony Davis
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Jackson Wiederhoeft has bigger plans than dressing Lady Gaga
A just-released collection of eye-popping bridal gowns, completed in lockdown in NYC, will fund the 26-year-old Texan's crazier fashion fantasies.
- Cat Woods
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The star architect bringing a 'stacked forest' of apartments to Sydney
Celebrated Japanese designer Kengo Kuma reflects on his first residential project in Australia and designing for a post-COVID-19 world.
- Stephen Clark
- Opinion
- Motoring
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In the four-wheel-drive market, retro-chic is all the rage
The new Grenadier and Bronco models prove that everything old is new again – but will you be buying one?
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- Tony Davis
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Concrete colossi of war-ravaged Europe captured in black and white
A limited-edition collection of photographs by interior designer Don Cameron channels the immense power of the Continent's far-flung Brutalist beauties.
- Stephen Todd
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As a kid he hated running. Now this CEO's hooked on ultra-marathons
'I'm obsessed with going to very dark places to learn something I never knew about myself,' says Physio Inq founder Jonathan Moody.
- Life & Leisure
July
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Taste-testing Bollinger in my Ugg boots is one upside to COVID-19
It's not quite the same as being flown half way around the world for luxury releases, but there are unexpected compensations to virtual wine tastings.
- Max Allen
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First electric Mini goes the distance without pushing the boundaries
Although it has plenty of charm and smarts, the battery-only Mini Cooper SE feels like a missed opportunity.
- Tony Davis
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COVID compensation: Let us eat cake
Around the country, custom bakers are seeing an unexpected spike in demand for their buttercream-filled little luxuries.
- Necia Wilden
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US PGA Championship – Glory’s first shot
In the topsy-turvy world that is 2020, the traditional last of the year's four major golf tournaments will be first off the tee on an eerily empty course.
- Richard Allen
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Qatar bets on demand for 'packaged' private jet deals
A new program offering 50 hours of private jet travel at one upfront pre-purchased price puts a new spin on hedging.
- Fiona Carruthers
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Indigenous fashion (finally) steps into the limelight
First Nations designers are hopeful of a genuinely inclusive future for their industry, which 'helps non-Indigenous people experience our culture'.
- Dan F Stapleton