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Wine history comes alive in this definitive magnum opus
For this author, Australia’s wine history is personal – so he wrote a lavishly illustrated, three-volume work on it that’s just come out in paperback.
- Max Allen
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Motoring
Who’s who on the grid for this year’s F1 season
The 2024 Formula 1 season will be the busiest ever. Here’s our guide to the teams and drivers – and their chances of success.
- Tony Davis
Why are men still expected to wear ties?
Once considered a necessity, ties are being cast off in favour of a more casual workplace. But can you really get away with ditching them?
- Lauren Sams
Spoil yourself: This week’s edit of lovely little luxuries
In need of a pick-me-up? Check out this eclectic but beguiling range of new goodies to buy.
When in Kyoto, here’s how to avoid the tourist hordes
There are pockets of pure serenity to be found in Japan’s ancient capital, starting with a stay at this recently opened five-star hotel.
- Michael Smith
This Month
Why ‘mad March’ is the time to be in Adelaide
The usually sedate city goes off as thousands flock to its four festivals in one. Here’s our expert’s guide to making the most of it all (and remaining sane).
- Wayne Heeley
How this banker supersized his wine-bar dream
There’s a new club in town. 67 Pall Mall started in London, went to Switzerland and Singapore and is about to cut concrete in Melbourne.
- Michael Bleby
Adelaide’s best new and revamped restaurants
When the City of Churches kicks off its giant season of festivals next month, these new and revamped restaurants will be waiting.
- Necia Wilden
How far would you push it to make your mark?
Perth-born Jacobus Capone is willing to clamber over glaciers in the Arctic Circle or bury himself for weeks in a Japanese forest to make art. Only, he wouldn’t call it art.
- John McDonald
Meghan Markle’s beloved designer is back (at a fraction of the cost)
Clare Waight Keller’s career has been defined by being in the right place at the right time. She has done it again with an on-trend yet timeless range for Uniqlo.
- Lauren Sams
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
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Wine & spirits
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
- Motoring
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
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
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
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
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The man who listens to flowers (to world acclaim)
Artist and florist Makoto Azuma arranges, explodes and entombs blooms in resin in a never-ending quest to help them express their beauty.
- John McDonald
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Wine & spirits
Sparkletown is much more than a vineyard for this winemaker
Luke Lambert has finally realised a dream, buying a tiny plot of land north of the Yarra Valley in a quest to make the ultimate nebbiolo.
- Max Allen
Meet the singing CEO: he racked up 90,000 TikTok fans during lockdown
Plarre Foods Group boss Steve Plarre loves to belt it out in a band like his idols Freddie Mercury and Elton John.
- Life & Leisure
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Motoring
Minimalists, Tesla’s updated Model 3 ‘Highland’ is for you
Tweaks and tucks have produced a more refined, more comfortable and more spartan EV.
- Tony Davis
World’s top sailors out to smash SailGP record on Sydney Harbour
The pinnacle so far is 99.9 km/h (in heavy winds in France). Australian team driver Tom Slingsby thinks home just might be the place to break through 100 km/h.
- Tony Davis
Can you wear jeans to the office?
Of course you can, say the experts, but to carry them off properly, there are some important caveats.
- Lauren Sams
Valentine’s Day is a wrap with these gift ideas
This week, our edit of new and lovely luxuries has the perfect picks to express your love.
- Eugenie Kelly
