Love under fire

Keith Payne VC is an Aussie hero, bravest of the brave, but managing the pain beyond the glory has proved a tough battle for Keith, his unfailingly supportive wife, Flo, and their five sons.

Our happy place

When high-profile political journalists Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales started a podcast characterised by their own madcap friendship, it showed them what happiness is all about.

A patchwork of love

When Helen Comport’s son was critically injured in the war in Afghanistan, she was inspired to gather a community of quilters to wrap our veterans and their families in gratitude.

SLAVERY IN THE SUBURBS

There is a common misconception that slavery is a matter for the history books, but millions of people are still enslaved today – shockingly, some of them right here in Australia.

When Rachel met Deborah

They always admired each other from afar but when Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman finally joined forces in TV’s Total Control they were not only in fan-girl heaven, they became instant friends.

What's really going on with Princess Charlene?

Why has she spent so much of this year away from Prince Albert and their children in Monaco? The word on the streets of this glamorous principality is that Princess Charlene might never return!

WHO KILLED THE BEATLES?

Millions of words and hours have been spent on the break-up of the Beatles. But now, half a century on, the history books are being rewritten, old scapegoats exonerated and new culprits brought to light.

Women of the land

There are so many inspiring women championing courage, kindness and resilience in the bush. Here are just a few who we’ll be thinking of on October 15, the United Nations International Day of Rural Women.

My post-50 joy

When author Charlotte Wood hit 50 something incredible happened – a surge of power and optimism backed with the wisdom of decades that is still with her six years later.

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Reading room

Olivia - Letting Go Of Fear

In an exclusive interview from her farm in California, Dame Olivia Newton-John talks about her bonds with family and nature, and how these two helped her through the dark days of the COVID crisis in the United States.

Stephanie Alexander - The Making Of A Food Lover

In her long-awaited cookbook Home, Stephanie Alexander shares essays and dishes that are the bedrock of her repertoire. It is a celebration of a life spent exploring the sensual and social delights of food with recipes that will be cooked, shared and talked about for years.

Remember the time

September 16, 1956, television arrives in Australia

Territory dreaming

Leave behind the big smoke and lose yourself in the sprawling, solitary vistas of Kakadu and Arnhem Land.

There's Always A Silver Lining

Before she joined ABC TV’s News Breakfast, Lisa Millar conquered her darkest fears, covered 10 terror attacks, loved deeply and lost those dearest to her. In an intensely candid interview she shares her tears, laughter and joy.

The Kate Factor

With fraternal spats, a satirical royal TV show and Prince Harry’s upcoming tell-all memoir dominating news around the world, the Duchess of Cambridge’s quiet dignity, devotion and duty is cutting through the noise and turning heads.

Our Remote Healthcare Heroes

The further you live from a big city in Australia, the tougher it is to get the healthcare you need, but it doesn’t have to be that way. The Weekly meets inspiring women bringing healing to the bush.

The Riviera House by Natasha Lester, Hachette

HISTORICAL ROMANCE

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, Bloomsbury

Storytime

Yours Cheerfully by A J Pearce, Picador

Storytime

“How I found my own voice” Jessica Mauboy

As she makes the transition from nervous Idol contestant to confident Voice coach, Jessica Mauboy shares the difficult path she trod to speak her truth proudly.

In The Running For Tokyo Gold

It’s been a long and fraught training season, with some of Australia’s top athletes succumbing to lockdowns and injury. But finally our brightest hopes are off to Tokyo for a very different kind of Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Got That Blah Feeling?

You might be languishing. If you feel like you’re going through the motions and don’t really have a sense of purpose, you’re not alone. The good news is, there are easy ways to recharge your emotional batteries.

How To Reset Your Hormones

You’re not imagining things, says author and naturopathic doctor Lara Briden. Hormonal shifts can leave you feeling … not like you. She explains how to recalibrate one of our most important coping systems.

The Seductive Countess From Kirribilli

Elizabeth von Arnim was the free-spirited literary sensation born in Sydney who went on to live a mysterious, scandalous and glamorous life amid Europe’s aristocracy. This is her story.

The Avant-Garde Princess Margaret

In the 1960s they were the royal glamour couple, but the ritzy world of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones stood in stark contrast to her sister the Queen’s.

Royal insider

Behind Palace gates with Juliet Rieden

“Our kids need us to do better than the average parent”

Aussie mums Kate Jones and Mandy Hose have turned their adorable families into a podcasting sensation that’s spreading friendship, acceptance and laughter around the world.

Nomadland, Australia

The housing crisis is tipping more Australian women towards homelessness, and in northern NSW the situation is critical. Five local women share their stories, hoping that their courage and honesty will inspire change.

Love, family & Arabian nights

After Esther Freud was whisked away on a Moroccan “adventure” by her hippie mum, it would later inspire the movie Hideous Kinky. But that journey played out in the wake of a dark family secret which Esther reveals is at the heart of her moving new novel.