Reader favourites from the cover stories slate.
They rolled the dice,and these 12 dished it on their private taboos.
The couplings that gave readers all the feels this year.
The Summer Reading issue:Learning an instrument late in life| The mind-boggling tween skincare craze| An arachnophobe goes camping| Tim Winton
Vanished without trace:mystery in the desert| The art of (filming) kindness| Politicians and our love/hate cycle| Margaret&Josh Pomeranz
Pole-vaulting Olympic champion Nina Kennedy on overcoming her demons| Making boutique butter with the Amish| Christmas feasting,gift&reading guides
Prepare a festive celebration for the ages with this mouth-watering spread. Just add champagne!
Artist Badiucao on being threatened – and impersonated| Romance novels:our rising passion| Hanif Kureishi on life as a tetraplegic
The escapee who lived incognito in the ’burbs for decades| Emojis:mind the generation gap| The 90-year-olds coaching run club| What’s the go with froyo?
Australia’s bulk-wine hangover| Sushi queen showdown| The widely-used word we still won’t spell out| Booker Prize-shortlisted author Charlotte Wood
She’s the world’s top female jockey:Aussie Jamie Kah’s wild ride| The US expats renouncing their citizenship| My superhero grandma| Actor Pamela Rabe
Alan,Albo&the Qantas gravy plane| Jackie O:addiction,rehab&what Kyle’s really like| A GP’s ‘very good’ advice to Ross Garnaut| Spring-racing fashion
Exclusive:John Farnham opens up on cancer,surgery and his greatest fear| Indies 2.0:gearing up for election time| The healing power of foster parent love
Meet Sue Chrysanthou:barrister du jour in the defamation capital of the world| Keith Urban:Nashville,Nicole&me| Twinning:Simmone&Joey Logue
The reinvention of Kamala Harris| 24 hours in a metabolic chamber| Oxford’s chief diversity officer Tim Soutphommasane
52 Weekends Away:our annual list of places to stay nationwide
The women fighting for justice,decades after their babies were taken| Finally,a good news koala story| When Dean was locked up,he told Felicia to move on
Gina Chick:from shunned outsider to charismatic celebrity| Bill Gates’ Epstein problem| Antarctica in a new light| Spring fashion| Gardening gift guide