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Amazon, BlackRock back Tesla's electric truck rival
Producing a new car from scratch is a monumental task even for established auto makers, but Rivian's extraordinary roster of investors has analysts optimistic it can challenge market-leading Tesla.
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- Neal E. Boudette
- Opinion
The top Australian wines to try before you die
The brief was to pick just half a dozen of this country's wines for a tasting bucket list, so I'm risking provoking outrage to nominate my best of the best.
- Max Allen
NGV Triennial switches on the lights for a London artist
An intriguing invitation from the other side of the world and then a pandemic neatly conspired to get Faye Toogood’s creative juices flowing again.
- Stephen Todd
Mercedes launches small electric SUV
The brand's first fully green compact model, the EQA, is about to hit showrooms, starting at $74,300 and offering 486 kilometres of range.
- Christoph Rauwald
American designers ruled at Biden inauguration
As Joe Biden was sworn in this morning, Australian time, he made a call for unity to a deeply divided nation – and he did it in navy Ralph Lauren.
- Lauren Sams
Lunch with the AFR
How this woman adds priceless value to architecture
Esther Charlesworth turned down a chance to work with IM Pei, instead helping rebuild a war-ravaged Bosnian town. The decision set her on a different path.
- Michael Bleby
Master of the Senate: Scott Ryan on politics, pandemics and good luck
He may be on the cusp of leaving the upper chamber behind, but the Senator says it is more representative than the lower house.
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- Tom McIlroy
The 10 most memorable Lunches with the AFR for 2020
The pandemic made the traditional Lunch with the AFR column pretty challenging this year - but one Nobel Prize-winning scientist stole the show with a home made lunch via Zoom.
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How a historian came close, maybe too close, to a Nazi thief
His relationship with Bruno Lohse led to academic Jonathan Petropoulos being asked to help locate a looted artwork, and later being accused of extortion.
- Nina Siegal
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Bucket-list getaways for 2021, from camping to camels and cruises
AFR travel editor Fiona Carruthers reveals her dream Australian escapes for the year ahead. The main theme? Book now to avoid disappointment.
- Fiona Carruthers
Five of the best Australian sports cars
It's the Holy Grail – a home-built sports car that flourishes – and a few have come close. Here's the cream of the crop.
- Tony Davis
An actor’s remarkable family journey leads to making movie history
Having broken new ground in acting, Jillian Nguyen knows the responsibility that comes with representing her heritage.
- Jane Albert
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Five must-try Indigenous ingredients, by those who know them best
Top chefs and at-home cooks now have easy access to a wider variety of native Australian foods than ever.
- Dan F. Stapleton
Is this radical adaptation the new ideal for Australian homes?
In the heart of Sydney's Bondi, award-winning Bismarck House is a bold design statement – and available to rent as an uber cool holiday home.
- Stephen Todd
Forget the gym – these people pay thousands for personalised workouts
Fred Koo, who works in the jewellery business, spends $US75,000 a year on his fitness, including a personal trainer and wellness and nutrition coaches.
- Paul Sullivan
The astonishing story of 'Voodoo Macbeth'
Orson Welles' controversial, revolutionary all-black Shakespeare production from 1936 has inspired a radio play and an upcoming film.
- Claire Allfree
Bodysurfer rides Amazon wave to success
One of the biggest highs in surfing is to be in the green room - to have a wave curling over the top of you but still be powering along to emerge triumphant - without being dumped of course.
- Jonathan Porter
Phil Spector, famed music producer imprisoned for murder, dies at 81
Spector single-handedly created the image of the record producer as auteur, a creative force equal to or even greater than his artists, with an instantly identifiable aural brand.
- William Grimes
- Opinion
- Sex & relationships
Sex and the City wasn't perfect – I should know
The feminist comedy in its joyous old form is no longer on the Allowed list of things to enjoy because it is too 'white' and too 'straight'.
- Zoe Strimpel
These superfruits are among the food trends to watch in 2021
Camu camu and buriti, two high-nutrient fruits from the Amazon, are fighting to be this year's moringa and sea buckthorn, and if all goes well, the next açai.
- Kate Krader
Why this CEO likes to have strings attached
For Cashrewards chief Bernard Wilson, happiness is having a guitar in his hands. Even better if he can belt out some Pearl Jam.
- Life & Leisure
Exercise in four-second bursts throughout the day, says new study
Pushed for time? Short, intense workouts lead to rapid fitness improvements in out-of-shape adults well past their college years, according to researchers.
- Gretchen Reynolds
‘All Creatures Great and Small’ rehabilitates cows and soothes
An unlikely theme for a TV series – a rural veterinarian in Yorkshire in the 1930s – has turned into a long-running favourite.
- Roslyn Sulcas
Bring back the public information film
The pandemic begs for a return to those old effective government messages, the documentary.
- Robbie Collin
The jury is out on France’s top publishers
It's been a year of introspection for French publishing houses after scandals began to pierce their closeted elite world and expose them to a public reckoning.
- Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut
Brandenberg Orchestra celebrates a 12th-century polymath
The orchestra will pay tribute to Hildegard von Bingen as part of the Sydney Festival.
Why a 55-year-long documentary series deserves an ending
For more than half a century, Michael Apted and his documentary crew followed the lives of a group of ordinary British schoolchildren. Then he died.
- Ben Lawrence
