Yesterday
The butler’s role has changed – and seasoned ones can make $190K a year
Buttling has become a career that involves not only polishing silver and folding napkins but also lifestyle management.
- Plum Sykes
Why voice notes are having a moment
They convey more nuance than text but they can be daunting to listen to if they’re too long.
- Tatum Hunter
- Opinion
- MeToo movement
The uncancelling of Kevin Spacey, MeToo’s greatest casualty
It is the cruel catch-22 of cancel culture that being innocent may afford no protection against being treated as guilty.
- Allison Pearson
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
Movie review: Furiosa – drives hard but takes too many wrong turns
George Miller’s latest Mad Max film is bogged down by the gruesome particulars of his post-apocalyptic world – and Chris Hemsworth’s wooden acting.
- John McDonald
This Month
How Reese Witherspoon built a multimillion-dollar empire on books
The businesswoman’s book club may not make money from sales, but it offers an opportunity to option stories that can be turned into TV shows by her production company.
- Elisabeth Egan
Are these contemporary artists the future of the market?
This annual auction of contemporary art presents living artists at relatively affordable prices, but this year bargain hunters proved harder to find.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
From Barbie to Warhol, the must-visit major cultural exhibitions
Toting a briefcase around the world’s financial capitals can be exhausting. Galleries and museums offer a sanctuary and stimulation for the business traveller.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
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
Five new business books to read this month
Lessons from venture capital, problems with innovation, and tips and tricks on learning new things.
- Andrew Hill, George Hammond, Leo Cremonezi and Bethan Staton
The unlikely relationship between Russell Brand, Bear Grylls and God
Why would chief scout Grylls, a man with a flourishing global career, team up with the “cancelled” Brand – and risk harming his own squeaky-clean brand?
- Marianka Swain
How fatherhood will change your body’s chemistry
Men’s physiology responds viscerally to parenthood, just as women’s does when caring for infants.
- Angela Saini
The Taste of Things movie review – a feast for the eyes
Director Anh Hung Tran has created an utterly absorbing film about cuisine as a model for life.
- John McDonald
Gina Rinehart lobbies NGA to remove Indigenous portrait
The country’s richest resident has made her displeasure privately known about a portrait at the national institution.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
A little bird delivers record price for photographer
A bird in the hand might be worth two in the bush, but Petrina Hicks’ photo of a budgie in a girl’s mouth was worth plenty on an otherwise disappointing night.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
How Anya Taylor-Joy had to fight George Miller over Furiosa
The star spent months persuading the esteemed director that her character deserved a chance to vent.
- Kyle Buchanan
- My Brilliant Weekend
- Life & Leisure
Michael Brand’s weekend rituals and favourite restaurants
The Art Gallery of NSW director has a packed weekday – and night – agenda. This is how he lets go on Saturdays and Sundays.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Opera Australia bets on musicals, property development as losses widen
Australia’s largest performing arts company will produce more musicals, and play more cannily with its property, as it tries to turn losses around.
- Michael Bailey
Audra McDonald brings Broadway brilliance to Sydney
Her voice a marvel of power, control and emotional connection, the musical theatre queen deserved the two standing ovations she got at the Opera House.
- 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.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner and Daniel Arbon
