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    Do 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.

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    • Daniel Arbon
    FILE - Actor Donald Sutherland

    Donald Sutherland, shape-shifting movie star, dies at 88

    Sutherland’s chameleonlike ability to be endearing in one role, menacing in another and just plain odd in yet a third appealed to directors.

    • Clyde Haberman
    Figures of a king and two gods in jubilation.

    Why Ancient Egypt is flavour of the year

    If you missed out on the Ramses exhibition in Sydney, there are two more shows you can catch.

    • Theo Chapman
    The great cultural question of the moment in Western countries like Australia is, why the left has turned viciously, demonically against Israel, and more generally against Jews.

    The man who foresaw the rise of campus antisemitism

    Melbourne philosopher Frank Knopfelmacher was a world-class critic of totalitarianism who watched the left turn on Israel.

    • John Carroll
    • Driving With Tony Davis
    Lexus NX450h+ F Sport

    Is Lexus’ plug-in hybrid the best NX on the market?

    A PHEV is either the perfect compromise or an expensive and unnecessary one, depending on your situation.

    • Tony Davis

    Lunch with the AFR

     Tash Oakley at Ursula’s in Paddington.

    The day everything changed for Young Rich Lister Tash Oakley

    For the 33-year-old who made her millions in swimsuits and Pilates, her business was literally her body, then suddenly it simply couldn’t take it any more.

    • Lucy Dean
    Niny Borges: “I always apply myself, and I think that’s been my motto in life. Every opportunity is just work harder, and people recognise it, I guess.”

    Meet the Timorese lawyer chasing Australian wind licences for Norway

    A former refugee carried out of East Timor on her mother’s back has returned to Australia as country head of Norwegian energy giant Equinor to chase offshore wind licences.

    • Ben Potter
    Westpac chief economist Luci Ellis having Lunch with the AFR at Regazzi in Sydney’s CBD.

    Westpac’s chief economist Luci Ellis’ sliding doors moment

    It is rare people can point to a single, pivotal, life-changing moment but two events, 30 years apart, have shaped her career.

    • Ronald Mizen
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    People put two thirds of the weight they lost back on when they stop being prescribed jabs.

    How to keep off the kilos after stopping weight-loss jabs

    Until now, those prescribed the radical treatments have been warned that they may have to stay on the drugs for life – or revert to their former size.

    • Laura Donnelly
     Tash Oakley at Ursula’s in Paddington.

    The day everything changed for Young Rich Lister Tash Oakley

    For the 33-year-old who made her millions in swimsuits and Pilates, her business was literally her body, then suddenly it simply couldn’t take it any more.

    • Lucy Dean

    The under-the-radar watch brands worth your time

    Can’t get your hands on a Rolex, Patek Philippe or Audemars Piguet? Try one of these lesser-known timepieces as your next must-have.

    • Bani McSpedden
    French art collective Inook has made giant, AI-assisted karaoke singers of the portraits from the Art Gallery Of South Australia’s Reimagining The Renaissance exhibition.

    Renaissance renditions of Bee Gees? Only at one festival

    With portraits ‘singing’ Aussie pop classics, fires in the botanic gardens and dinosaurs at the zoo, Adelaide’s Illuminate Festival wants to lure you out this winter.

    • Michael Bailey

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    Alan Joyce’s bonus review in familiar hands

    This being corporate Australia, one doesn’t have to dig deep to find the key players already know one another.

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     A Golden Goose store in the Mayfair district of London.

    Why Permira got cold feet over Golden Goose IPO

    After more than 10 months of preparation, the Italian footwear brand was seeking to raise about $966 million in a Milan listing as early as Friday. Then something went wrong.

    • Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, Ivan Levingston and Kaye Wiggins
    Traditional blue and white Wedgwood tea set splattered with abstract paint finish.

    Wedgwood smashes tradition

    Flamboyant designer Charles Jeffrey’s take on the brand’s traditional jasperwear might have upset purists, but a new generation of consumers lapped up the collection.

    • Benjamen Judd

    Do view this at home: How the video art market works

    Gone are the days when you needed a gallery-sized space to view digital art.

    • Rachael Bolton
    Isabelle Huppert as whistleblower Maureen Kearney in The Sitting Duck.

    The Sitting Duck movie review: A true story of a nuclear whistleblower

    The role of Maureen Kearney is tailor-made for 71-year-old Isabelle Huppert, an actor with a unique ability to tell us everything we need to know, while giving nothing away.

    • John McDonald
    We hear Penelope’s (Nicola Coughlan) every sigh and gasp as Colin (Luke Newton) strips her in front of the mirror.

    How Bridgerton gets sex right for women

    Netflix’s hit series’ formula is hours of tension and longing that culminate in a lengthy sex scene.

    • Kara Kennedy

    The sixth generation is making its mark on this 175-year-old business

    Yalumba’s Jessica Hill-Smith is among a new wave of women taking the reins in the wine industry.

    • Max Allen
    AFR, Greg Taylor, CEO and founder of Step One, for Time Out in Life & Leisure.

    The workout that requires total mind-body focus

    Greg Taylor, founder of online underwear retailer Step One, reckons that after one hour of boxing with his trainer Liam Paro his whole body hurts. “And that’s a great feeling.”

    • Life & Leisure
    Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel’s unique selling point is its private, white-sand beach.

    Holiday like Europe’s jetset on the Côte d’Azur

    The ability to step straight onto a private sandy beach is rare in this part of the world, which is why summer is always booked out at this pink-splashed hotel.

    • Tony Davis

    A $220 pair of thongs – and seven other luxurious items to consider

    From pieces that will make your home pop to fun Euro-summer fashion accessories, we have ways to make you spend.

    • Eugenie Kelly

    ‘This is an exceptional pinot noir’

    John Nagorcky moved to biodynamic viticulture in 1999 and these three wines from his Hochkirch label in southwest Victoria are a testament to his methods.

    • Max Allen
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     Clive Palmer and Tucker Carlson in Brisbane on Wednesday.

    Clive Palmer’s private jet picks up Tucker Carlson

    The mining billionaire’s plane picked up a pain from Maine.

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    • Myriam Robin

    Big name Indigenous artists bring the love to Redfern

    A high-end auction brings Indigenous art to the people, while Menzies hopes Kirk Douglas can be their hero.

    • Elizabeth Fortescue
    Artificial intelligence added an unusual ingredient to a McDonald’s soft serve ice cream – bacon.

    McDonald’s scraps drive-through AI after customer gets bacon ice cream

    Other malfunctions spawning mocking videos on social media have included hundreds of dollars’ worth of nuggets being automatically added to an order.

    • Harriet Barber
    Young men at home exercising.

    How four minutes a day can boost your fitness

    Exercise snacking, where you fit several simple micro-workouts into your day, is an ideal solution for busy execs.

    • Luke Benedictus
    Lyn Harris Perfumer H 

    Her perfumes cost up to $30k. Now they’re for sale in Australia

    Lyn Harris is one of the world’s most celebrated noses. How does that even happen?

    • Lauren Sams