Featured
Want to be a fashion editor? There’s an app for that
A former magazine boss has created Drest, which bridges the gap between styling and gaming. Users, and the sartorial industry, are playing to win.
- Lauren Sams
- Opinion
- Motoring
This car is close to the most fun you can have in a road-legal BMW
The company’s smallest M coupe is not only loud and brutal but feels as direct and responsive as a track car, which in a sense it is.
- Tony Davis
The storage boss who never gives up on the court
For Melbourne entrepreneur Ben Cohn, squash is the essence of competition, but that doesn’t mean he won’t let you in on his secret weakness.
- Life & Leisure
Great new spins on classic dishes
Can a panna cotta transcend its daggy ’80s reputation? Can caviar ever work without crème fraîche? These chefs say yes.
- Necia Wilden
Luxury car makers go wild with colour
More than four-fifths of new cars come in white, black, grey or silver – but that’s no reason you shouldn’t choose a paint treatment way more spectacular.
- Tony Davis
This Month
These luxury skincare brands promise transformation. Do they work?
The packaging is beautiful, the prices are eye-watering; the efficacy claims are astonishing. Two dermatologists and a doctor in chemistry put prestige skincare products under the microscope.
- Lauren Sams
10 delicious drinks to banish your COVID-19 blues
Melbourne’s latest lockdown ruined drinks writer Max Allen’s plans. Luckily, the wines kept arriving at his door. Here are his recommendations.
- Max Allen
Golf’s greats line up for the US Open
If Tiger Woods can hoist the trophy on one leg, can Phil Mickelson bring it home as the tournament’s oldest winner?
- Richard Allen
A luxury lodge on New Zealand’s waters
A custom-built catamaran is setting new standards for cashed-up travellers looking for ways to explore the island country’s long coastline.
- Ute Junker
- Opinion
- Gadgets
Cricut Maker 3: a machine that should come with an addiction warning
Seriously, if you don’t have one of these gizmos for drawing and cutting, get one – and then you, too, can make octopus stickers for every surface.
- John Davidson
Maurice Terzini takes cues from the street for his new eatery
The restaurateur wanted to capture the urban buzz of central Parramatta for his second CicciaBella venture, which is modelled on the humble Italian trattoria.
- Stephen Todd
- Opinion
- Review
Thrills but no frills in Tesla’s Model 3 Standard Range Plus
The near-seamless interaction of software, app and hardware is a delight, although you do have to touch the central tablet for almost everything.
- Tony Davis
Surf trumps snow for tech exec who grew up skiing
He may have been raised next to Utah’s famous snow fields, but Mike Featherstone now finds the balance between work and play at Sydney’s Manly Beach.
- Life & Leisure
Enough of bottles already, urges top Australian wine consultant
Throughout his career, Richard Smart has been unafraid to say things his clients find uncomfortable. Especially when it comes to climate change.
- Max Allen
Leading labels embrace eco-friendly fabrics
Some of Australia’s best-regarded brands are championing uncommon materials that are luxurious, durable and gentler on the planet.
- Dan F. Stapleton
Plant-based eating goes gourmet
Vegan dining has become fashionable, smart and delicious, with a side serve of social responsibility. But it’s not vegans who are driving it.
- Jill Dupleix
Meet the architects building luxury into green homes
Clever sustainability features are becoming must-haves at the top of the market as homeowners seek creature comforts that don’t harm the planet.
- Dan F. Stapleton
These gorilla experts offer a new paradigm for wildlife travel
A fresh initiative in east Africa hopes to inspire post-pandemic visitors to take it slow, rather than rushing in to tick the primates off their bucket lists.
- Henry Wismayer
Arthouse publisher’s bird books fly off the shelves
A series of tomes starring avian photographers from Finland to Japan and Australia has consistently outsold other titles in Atelier EXB’s catalogue.
- Aviva Lowy
Scents that do more than smell good
On perfume counters worldwide, brands that rely on elaborate packaging are being edged out by fragrances with a green, clean aesthetic and modus operandi.
- Ute Junker
The home automation system we’ve been dreaming of (almost)
We’ve tried all the stuff that Google, Amazon and Apple have thrown at us, without ever getting the results we wanted. This time, we’re very close.
- John Davidson
This new book takes you on a walk through Europe’s unlikely landscapes
From desert to jungle, acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt journeys by train and on foot to the ‘outlands’ of the Continent and finds portents of the future.
- Will Atkins
Croc-free bliss in the Top End’s lesser-known waterholes
The benefits of freshwater bathing can be enjoyed all year round in the many natural swimming spots dotted around Alice Springs.
- Fiona Carruthers
The car makers betting on hydrogen power
Batteries are not the only option when internal combustion engines become a thing of the past, but options are limited.
- Tony Davis
Could cashmere become sustainable fashion’s next big thing?
The garments made by Himalayan weavers for Elaine Briggs’ brand Cosi are the epitome of slow fashion, and could be a new forefront for sustainable knitwear.
- Susan Owens
