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Will Olympic surfing damage a remote Tahitian village?
In five months the world’s biggest sporting contest will come to a one-cafe village in the South Pacific. Will it survive undamaged?
- DANIEL COLE
- Drinks With Max Allen
When in McLaren Vale, drink like an Italian
South Australia’s acclaimed wine region is just 33 kilometres from Adelaide. Here are eight cellar doors to try, and their top drops.
- Max Allen
- Driving With Tony Davis
Would you really rough up your $560k Porsche 911 Dakar?
It’s likely most buyers will use theirs on the black stuff: this spritely model is just too good to be thrashed in the dirt.
- Tony Davis
Forget the 5am club; this famous author is up at 3am – even on Sundays
Edinburgh-based Sir Alexander McCall Smith writes in the wee hours, and then goes back to bed and starts the weekends again later, with fried eggs and bacon.
- Fiona Carruthers
The best airlines to fly business class to the US
Here’s our guide to the major airlines that fly between Australia and the US, and what you’ll find in first class, business or premium economy.
- Fiona Carruthers and Les Hewitt
Lunch with the AFR
Why CFMEU boss Zach Smith thinks it’s OK to break the law sometimes
The union’s national construction division secretary, Zach Smith, hasn’t been in the role long but is already making a splash in Canberra’s corridors of power.
- Ronald Mizen
My father dissed your queen in front of your PM
The youngest daughter of former Indonesian president Gus Dur was in the room where it happened.
- Emma Connors
How this boss makes her staff earn a four-day week
After surviving a major cyber hack, Medibank’s head of people is spearheading a move to become the first ASX-listed company to trial a four-day work week.
- Patrick Durkin
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The physio’s guide to injury recovery when you’re over 65
Our ageing population is more active, which is good, but they are more likely to hurt themselves. There are some simple ways to avoid and recover from injury.
- Nick Harding
Four ways to work your frequent flyer and airline loyalty points harder
The more you fly, the more you need to care about the selecting the right program.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Yesterday
Joe Aston’s guide to surviving LA
Rear Window’s incomparable former editor shares his guide to surviving the long haul to LAX – and where to hang out while you’re in the City of Angels.
- Updated
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- Live Music
Taylor Swift is about to rule Sydney. Here’s what to expect
Hotels rooms are hard to get, and tour T-shirts cost $70 a pop. But Melbourne is buzzing after Taylor Swift’s visit and Sydney can expect to catch the wonderful fever too.
- James Thomson
How to fly to the US and avoid LAX
Here’s a route map with a range of options to help you avoid (or at least limit) the horror of LAX using alternative pathways into the United States.
- Fiona Carruthers and Ciara Seccombe
This doctor relishes the thrill of racing her Porsche at 250 km/h
Inspiring others, testing her skills, and a love of fast cars drives medical director of The Centre for Medical Aesthetics, Dr Amy Chahal, “to be the best I can be”.
- Life & Leisure
- Driving With Tony Davis
- New car snapshot
Why the Lexus UX300e Sports Luxury will woo fans of the brand
This fully electric, lavish SUV comes with a great owner benefit program, but there are other makes out there with better range and performance.
- Tony Davis
All that glitters: the best ways to style sequins
A certain sequinned songstress is Down Under... But how to take your sparkling Tay-Tay outfit into the everyday?
- Lucy Dean
These Australian designers have created a new spin on industrial chic
Taking inspiration from highways and construction sites, K.P.D.O. has turned the tables on high-glam items for home.
- Stephen Todd
This Month
- Opinion
- Review
Yes, the Taylor Swift hype is real
Watching Swift’s fans belt out the songs they’ve listened to endlessly in private, even this non-Swiftie had to recognise her genius.
- James Thomson
Queens Of The Stone Age just vowed to do what most bands don’t
At a cathartic show on the MONA lawns on Friday, QOTSA frontman Josh Homme became a Tasmanian hero.
- Michael Bailey
Taylor Swift takes Melbourne by storm as she kicks off Australia tour
The pop megastar opened her Australian tour with a show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 96,000 delirious fans.
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- Liz Hobday
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.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner and Daniel Arbon
Max Allen’s best wines to choose when you’re in the air
There are some nods to the “new world” but the airlines are serving up mostly safe-choice wines that feel more mid-90s than mid-2020s, writes our wine expert.
- Max Allen
This week’s edit of the very latest luxuries
Read on if you’re in need of a pick-me-up: We have some chic and sleek suggestions.
- Eugenie Kelly
I’ve got the ‘fat gene’ – but at 42 I’ve finally beaten it
Some of us are just genetically inclined to put on weight and keep it on. But that’s no reason for despair.
- Isabel Mohan
This woman is the Kardashians’ secret business weapon
Until she appeared on a popular TV show she was the most successful self-made British businesswoman that Britain had never heard of.
- Laura Craik
The Cannes crowd loved this offbeat romantic tale
If you’ve never seen anything by this idiosyncratic, Finnish auteur, this is a good place to start.
- John McDonald
What is a Stanley cup and why are people going crazy for them?
Stanley mania is a story of how marketing, influencers and the power of social media converged to produce a cultural phenomenon.
- Hiroko Tabuchi
It’s the best time ‘in a generation’ to see the Northern Lights
Scientists believe we are entering the solar maximum – the peak in the sun’s 11-year cycle of activity. Mother Nature still calls the shots, however.
- Euan Black
