Watching Harley Reid play footy has made me feel hopeful again
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AFL 2024

Watching Harley Reid play footy has made me feel hopeful again

Dave Grohl,Virginia Trioli,Kate Middleton. With so much grief and worry in the world right now,these people feel like the antidote. They turn everyday things into acts of beauty.

  • byKate Halfpenny

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How a spicy midlife crisis launched The Unsatisfactory Spouses Club

When marriage trouble hit a group of Melbourne friends,they sought solace in each other.

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‘My default position is melancholy;Alice’s isn’t’:You Am I’s frontman on love
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‘My default position is melancholy;Alice’s isn’t’:You Am I’s frontman on love

After two failed attempts at a relationship,musician Tim Rogers and choreographer Alice Topp have made a home among the kangaroos in rural Victoria.

  • byJane Albert
What’s a good death? For Maggie we chose a sunny day and roast chicken
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What’s a good death? For Maggie we chose a sunny day and roast chicken

A good death. On paper,the intersection of loss and dignity. For us,a crushing responsibility,noting it down like a lunch appointment.

  • byKate Halfpenny
‘After losing Mum,I also went through a terrible time’:Musician Troy Cassar-Daley

‘After losing Mum,I also went through a terrible time’:Musician Troy Cassar-Daley

“It was like being in a car crash,hit from both the front and back,” says the multi-award winning country music artist.

  • byRobyn Doreian
Can a marriage work without sex?

Can a marriage work without sex?

Yes,say counsellors and a surprising number of happy couples.

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Lowanna Grant stayed living with mum Karla into her 30s. Here’s why

Lowanna Grant stayed living with mum Karla into her 30s. Here’s why

The journalists work together,watch TV together – then there’s the tattoos ...

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How do you know if you were ‘raised right’? I’ve always felt like I’m missing something
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How do you know if you were ‘raised right’? I’ve always felt like I’m missing something

To be brought up with money,power,beauty and status are advantages few of us are lucky to have. But to be “raised right” is a scarcer,more valuable privilege.

  • byWendy Syfret
‘Dad kicked me out and sent me back to my mother’:Martha Wainwright

‘Dad kicked me out and sent me back to my mother’:Martha Wainwright

The Canadian musician opens up about the men in her life,including her father Loudon and brother Rufus.

  • byJane Rocca
To have and to hold:When an engagement goes belly up,who gets to keep the ring?

To have and to hold:When an engagement goes belly up,who gets to keep the ring?

As a psychologist,when I was weighing the question of who should keep the $100,000 bling after the bitter break-up of a Victorian couple,I considered the advice of two experts:a family lawyer and film star Elizabeth Taylor.

  • byPeter Quarry
The discovery of 288 aerogrammes uncovered the untold loss my parents felt

The discovery of 288 aerogrammes uncovered the untold loss my parents felt

“In my self-absorbed young life,I had never considered how painful it must have been for them when I left.”

  • byDiane Armstrong