Lifestyle
Life & relationships
At 81, Isabel Allende knows how she’d like to die: ‘At home, with warm socks and a dog’
The Chilean writer, who has sold more than 74 million books, has an unlikely new project featuring her rescue dog, Perla.
- by Robyn Doreian
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The men in Stephanie Alexander’s life are mostly ‘husbands of friends or gay’
“I get plenty of hugs from them and I am happy with that,” says the 83-year-old author and cook.
- by Jane Rocca
Writers’ retreat: Inside Tim Flannery and Kate Holden’s eclectic, coastal home
Inspiration abounds, both in the cabinets of curiosities within this eco-built house and the Illawarra bushland outside.
- by Susan Redman
Ready to quit your job, move abroad and write a book? Go to Greece
Having lived there twice, I know I’m not the first writer to fall in love with the country.
- by Susan Johnson
Gemini: Get ready to embrace a new chapter
Free weekly forecast in life, love and career from renowned astrologer, Hedy Damari.
- by Hedy Damari
Opinion
Domestic violence
His shocking comments made the men stare at their shoes. Good men must do better
We have a culture that feels impotent to the power that certain men wield in creating a narrative of women.
- by Jacinta Parsons
‘It’s not your fault’: How to overcome shame after being scammed
Scams have become so sophisticated and numerous these days, so why is there still a stigma around those who fall victim to them?
- by Nell Geraets
How gardening can improve your mental wellbeing and friendships
Gardening may not only help connect us to nature, but with other humans.
- by Richard Sima
Opinion
Body image
Australians are the keenest nudists in the world. I want in
After a passenger was arrested for streaking 32,000 feet in the air on a Virgin flight, you have to wonder about the psychology behind getting your gear off.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Real life
‘Honey, you’re overreacting’: The reason why too many men get away with it
My father went berserk and admitted his obsessive control of my mother. My ex-partner stalked me and attacked me. But doctors and police just wouldn’t listen.
- by Jennie Hollamby
I saw a woman call Kathy Lette a moll. It could have been me
This literary fan had suffered an unfortunate affliction known as a spoonerism, where the beginnings of two words are transposed.
- by Jo Pybus