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Travel tips to help you plan for 2024
If you didn’t get to take off in 2023, then make it happen over the coming 12 months. We’ve compiled a selection of our most info-packed stories to get you inspired.
- Life & Leisure
- Opinion
The new Porsche 911 Carrera T is yours from $300,700
Calling all brand aficionados: this beautiful, well-engineered car is great to drive and still has that gorgeous flat-six sound. Get it while it lasts.
- Tony Davis
The best discount airfares, and how to get double Qantas points
Virgin Australia and Qantas joined the post-Christmas sales, but there are conditions on cheap deals.
- Sally Patten
Memes of the year: Roman Empire, margaritas and everybody on mute
Here are some of the people, trends, feuds and frenzies that took off on social media platforms in 2023.
- Madison Malone Kircher
A year of sequels and remakes
Keep your eyes peeled for the independent gems that will trickle out among the franchise offerings.
- John McDonald
Lunch with the AFR
My parents thought I was studying. Confessions of a Bollywood star
A high achieving “proud north-westie” from Melbourne, Pallavi Sharda went to Mumbai alone to see if she could make it as a performer.
- Tanveer Ahmed
This retail Rich Lister ‘wasn’t good enough to be a waiter’
The avid sailor and head of the Winning retail group rates his chances in the Sydney to Hobart race.
- Kylar Loussikian
This billionaire started his company to avoid paying bank fees
Kristo Käärmann found a cheap way to send British pounds to his native Estonia. His solution now has 16 million global users.
- James Eyers
Yesterday
My parents thought I was studying. Confessions of a Bollywood star
A high achieving “proud north-westie” from Melbourne, Pallavi Sharda went to Mumbai alone to see if she could make it as a performer.
- Tanveer Ahmed
Miss France’s pixie cut an affront to the battlers against ‘woke’
Women’s hair, whatever its length, style and condition, has always been contentious and commodified.
- Lisa Armstrong
- Opinion
- Motoring
Five new EVs to look forward to in Australia in 2024
From the ginormous Cadillac Lyriq to Volvo’s cute, fully electric EX30, the new year looks exciting. Which car will you choose?
- Tony Davis
This Month
The hottest tickets for NYE (if you’re quick)
If you don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve, here is a list of some of the most exclusive tickets and reservations still available.
- Sally Patten
Vale Bill Granger, Australia’s sunniest chef
Few people have the ability to bring instant sunshine into a room, but chef and restaurateur Bill Granger had it in spades. He also changed the way Australia thought about our food, and ourselves.
- Updated
- Jill Dupleix
Bill Granger, restaurateur and food writer, dies at 54
Australian restaurateur and food writer Bill Granger died aged 54 on Christmas Day in London, his family has confirmed.
- Lois Maskiell
This film will polarise viewers, some will walk out
Emma Stone plays a female Frankenstein’s monster in this tale about an infant in a woman’s body.
- John McDonald
Why Willem Dafoe went to mortician school for latest role
Throughout his career, the Oscar-nominated actor has picked roles that defy Hollywood conventions.
- Anthony Frajman
The secret to a great cracker joke – and 10 of the best
While the world wrings its hands anxiously about the effects of AI it turns out that robotic joke-writing is rather hit and miss.
- Etan Smallman
Ten top AFR Magazine reads in 2023
From a fashion-loving airline CEO, to calling it quits on kingfish crudo – here’s a special curation of some of our best-read features for your summer reading.
What it’s like inside Luna Park’s Dream Circus
The amusement park operators have spent $15 million on an immersive technology centre, but does it live up to the hype?
- Michael Bailey
Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Boxing Day films have something for everyone
From Marvel underwater to mallard ducks and a side trip to Greece, there’s plenty of variety at the cinema for a post-Christmas cinematic escape.
- Jeff Allan
This retail Rich Lister ‘wasn’t good enough to be a waiter’
The avid sailor and head of the Winning retail group rates his chances in the Sydney to Hobart race.
- Kylar Loussikian
Seven design trends you need to know for 2024
Redecorating or looking for new furnishings? Look no further if chic, on-trend living is your thing.
- Stephen Todd and Felix Burrichter
- Exclusive
- Tourism
Australians spend a record $108b to holiday at home
Revenge travel is real – as are inflation and price rises driven by supply constraint. It seems taking a staycation never hurt so much as it did in 2023.
- Fiona Carruthers
The hidden history of Magic Eye pictures
Thirty years ago, a book of bizarre images took the world by storm.
- Tom Nicholson
Deep-fried mince pies are worth trying, really
The batter coating adds crunch, while the filling becomes richer and gooier.
- Silvana Franco
Beyond power and politics in Washington DC, a surprising culinary find
The US capital is buzzing with the traditional restaurants and tantalising aromas of Ethiopia. Here are seven eateries to try.
- Keith Austin
What our most stylish designers will be wearing on New Year’s Eve
It’s the last day of 2023, so why not go out with sartorial fireworks?
- Lauren Sams
