Featured
Streeton, Campbell works promise hefty returns in $12m art sale
An Arthur Streeton painting bought for £7 has hopes of $1.5 million at the year’s first big sale.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Why ‘divorce rings’ are going viral
The trend of such jewellery, embraced primarily by women, is about breathing life into one’s marriage bands after a split.
- Allison Duncan
Going to France for the Games? Here’s your restaurant guide
Three of France’s top chefs are designing the menus for the Athletes Village at the Olympics. But spectators can also win by visiting their buzzy, innovative restaurants.
- Hans van Leeuwen
The secret to streamlined packing
What to take? What to leave out? Packing for an overseas holiday can be fraught. So, from lists to laundry bags, these are the hacks we swear by.
- Lauren Sams
Why an aerospace engineer and her sister make incredible outdoor furniture
Paola Lenti is one half of the eponymously named Italian furniture brand. Anna is her sister and CEO. Their collections adorn superyachts, resorts and private homes, and are now for sale in Sydney and Melbourne.
- Stephen Todd
Lunch with the AFR
Meet Australia’s version of James Bond’s Q
After a stellar career as an academic researcher, Professor Tanya Monro now heads Canberra’s top-secret Defence Science and Technology Group.
- Julie Hare
CBA’s business bank boss explains why ‘saffers’ can be good CEOs
Mike Vacy-Lyle says his South African upbringing has instilled a can-do attitude and the confidence to take on any competition.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
‘Asian countries feel their time has come’: why the West must adapt
The best-selling historian Peter Frankopan says that the rise of Asia and rising global temperatures will force the West to rethink its future and its history.
- Kevin Chinnery
More From Today
The CEO who loves breakfast so much, she had a brunch wedding
The boss of Advanced Cosmeceuticals Skin Group, Shaunte Mears-Watkins, is up by 5.30am at the latest, and has a well-honed routine to set her up for the day.
- Lauren Sams
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Motoring
Is Ferrari’s new supercar better as a convertible?
This droptop twin with a plug-in hybrid system follows hot on the tail of the “fun-to-drive” 296 GTB coupe.
- Tony Davis
From Branson to Nadal – big names are investing millions in Mallorca
Forget the parties and tacky tourism around Magaluf. Celebrities and luxury hotel chains are putting up brass plates across one of Spain’s favourite Balearic Islands.
- Jane Knight
Yesterday
Can you have kids AND nice furniture?
Is it best to put off owning something you’d enjoy, or keep a beloved heirloom locked away until some later, safer date? I decided to ask the experts.
- Caitlin Gibson
The Danish city that is definitely worth the side trip
Aarhus embraces its Viking identity via myriad museums, great restaurants, and even a strange clown pub.
- Robert Bevan
‘Eating out in France is a lottery you’re likely to lose’
On a trip to see family in a country known for its culinary excellence, a former Financial Review restaurant critic finds both delights and disappointments.
- Stephen Downes
Channel your inner Audrey Hepburn on a tour of Rome by Vespa
A three-hour guided tour on the back of a motor scooter is an efficient and fun way to see the highlights of the Eternal City.
- Clare Morgan
No cruise? No problem. We got a bonus week in Rome
The disappointment of a cancelled cruise is replaced by the joy of an unexpected luxury stay in the Eternal City.
- Clare Morgan
This Month
Beauty brand Etto taps Lempriere Wells for convertible notes raise
Etto is open to a convertible note or equity raise, and will look to upsize to $3 million if the right investor comes along.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
The unlikely menu item now being paired with Champagne
It may seem incongruous to those who equate bubbles with haute cuisine, but experts have long known the tipple’s uncanny rapport with crisp fried chicken.
- Eric Asimov
Star chef swaps fine dining for ‘young dining’
Ana Roš has swapped fine dining for ‘young dining’ with her latest venture in Slovenia’s capital serving simple, seasonal shared dishes.
- Paul Best
Nature takes on Melbourne at the NGV
Swiss artists Franziska Furter and Julian Charrière both explore the wild elements in their large-scale installations at NGV Triennial.
- John McDonald
Heading to a European spa this summer? Here’s how to bare all
For many, the tradition of stripping off to sit naked with strangers in a sauna is awkward. But don’t sweat it.
- Valeriya Safronova
March
We should teach people how to parent
No one knows how to raise kids merely by instinct. Structured, formal education is linked to good outcomes for families.
- Faith Hill
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
About to go on an Easter drive in your electric car? Here’s a warning
The alert comes after green car sales more than doubled in Australia last year and as some experts say the nation’s charging network has yet to catch up.
- Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
The five factors behind rising rates of cancer in under 40s
Global cases in the under 50s are also rising rapidly, increasing by 79 per cent between 1990 and 2019 according to recent research.
- David Cox
Why conservative Christians are tolerating vulgarity and lust
A raunchy, outsider, boobs-and-booze ethos has elbowed its way into the conservative power class, accelerated by the rise of Donald Trump.
- Ruth Graham
- Tech
- Opinion
Smaller, faster, deadlier - how drones are changing our world
Unmanned flying machines from insect-sized swarms to car-sized transports are about to become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives.
- Tony Davis
- Analysis
- Royal family
Princess Catherine and the power of a cancer diagnosis
This year began as an annus horribilis for the royal family, but compassion coupled with a respectful fear of cancer, changed the narrative.
- Jill Margo
