Some wolves should pack it in
Opinion
Column 8

Some wolves should pack it in

Or are we ganging up on them?

Latest

Lost tapes reveal Elizabeth Taylor’s struggle with fame and shame

Lost tapes reveal Elizabeth Taylor’s struggle with fame and shame

Long-lost audio interviews with the double Oscar winner reveal her life-long struggle with fame,and the cause that became her crowning glory.

  • byKarl Quinn
Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954,he drank a yard of ale.

  • byRob Harris
The astonishing hedonism,excess and love of two great actors

The astonishing hedonism,excess and love of two great actors

The lives of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were devoted at times to each other but always to indulgence.

  • byTom Ryan
Priscilla,Cleopatra and their beaus:the best real-life couples in film

Priscilla,Cleopatra and their beaus:the best real-life couples in film

We’re all voyeurs at heart,so is that why so many people are fascinated by the love lives of these historical figures?

  • byKerrie O'Brien
It started with a kiss on stage,now this real-life couple is fighting it out

It started with a kiss on stage,now this real-life couple is fighting it out

‘It’s really shocking’:Why Kat Stewart and David Whiteley took on the classic domestic drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  • byJohn Bailey
Advertisement
The Mediterranean island for the rich and famous at the forefront of the climate revolution

The Mediterranean island for the rich and famous at the forefront of the climate revolution

From Jules Verne to Christopher Skase,Rafael Nadal’s native Mallorca has long had a powerful pull on the rich and famous. Now its natural assets of sun and sea are fuelling power itself.

  • byRob Harris
From the Archives,1991:Roses,swans and a silver sock as Liz does it again

From the Archives,1991:Roses,swans and a silver sock as Liz does it again

It was eighth-time lucky for a tearful Elizabeth Taylor when she and construction worker Larry Fortensky wed at Michael Jackson’s ranch,thirty years ago.

  • byStaff reporter,Reuter andThe New York Times
Australia’s biggest diamond auction is under way,but is bigger always better?

Australia’s biggest diamond auction is under way,but is bigger always better?

The biggest stone to go under the hammer in Australia is expected to fetch more than $1 million this week. But what about “regular” folk –what should we look for?

  • byMelissa Singer
Beyond the realm of royalty:what makes a piece of jewellery a modern icon?

Beyond the realm of royalty:what makes a piece of jewellery a modern icon?

The world’s most famous bracelet - which requires a special screwdriver to unlock it - is helping drive a post-COVID jewellery recovery.

  • byMelissa Singer