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'My girls have a new life'

It’s been two years since conjoined twins Nima and Dawa were separated by Australian doctors – and now, back at home, they’re flourishing. Samantha Trenoweth catches up with the little Bhutanese girls who stole the hearts of Australians.

Through the ringer

In the Northern Territory’s dry season, Liz Cook has one of the most dangerous jobs on Earth – wild cattle and buffalo ringing. She shares her unlikely journey with Tiffany Dunk.

Play it again, Pat

Will the return of an old family favourite be music to everyone’s ears?

Never underestimate PRINCE PHILIP

He was “an alpha male in a beta role”, but according to biographer Ingrid Seward, the Duke of Edinburgh’s influence has been profound. Here, she talks to Juliet Rieden about what really makes the royal consort tick.

SAVED BY THE sea

Marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel has faced unimaginable challenges, both in the ocean and on land. She tells Genevieve Gannon about her most harrowing struggle, and how she hopes her honesty will bring hope to other women who are living through domestic abuse.

The barefoot doctor

Mamitu Gashe went from a poor peasant girl whose life was saved by Dr Catherine Hamlin to a surgeon in the Aussie heroine’s fistula hospital in Ethiopia. Sue Williams tells her story.

BEST FOOT forward

They’re the first things to get moving in the morning and the last to stop at night. Tiffany Dunk explores why it’s time to step up and take better care of our feet.

Samoan screen queen

Sima Urale’s childhood was, in her words, “very National Geographic”. She grew up in Samoa’s sleepy Fagamalo village, running naked and swimming with turtles.

CROWN PRINCE FAMILY Winning hearts & minds

They are the most influential family in Denmark, and increasingly Crown Princess Mary is making dynamic and passionate use of her royal platform at home and on the world stage. Juliet Rieden charts how the girl from Tassie has become a Princess of purpose.

DAWN FRENCH “I always just wanted to be happy”

In a powerful interview, Dawn French talks to Alice Bedford about motherhood, marriage, losing her parents and the joy of working with best pal Jennifer Saunders on the new film version of Death on the Nile.

A magic milestone “I've found myself at 40”

Beloved TVNZ weather presenter Renee Wright admits she still doesn’t have all the answers, but after celebrating a big birthday, she tells Nicky Pellegrino she has found a way for her and her family to thrive.

Life after redundancy I will come back stronger

One News presenter Wendy Petrie admits it has been a struggle coming to grips with losing her job. But she tells Emma Clifton that with the help of her loving family and her can-do attitude, she will find her silver lining.

Royal Insider

Behind Palace gates with Juliet Rieden

The Basque cheesecake

It’s counterintuitive, but the beauty of this cake is that it’s burnt! It has a sweet, cheesy, custardy interior with a caramelised, smoky crust. A riff on the classic from the Basque region of Spain, meet the creamy cheesecake making a resurgence on social media.

The WOMAN behind the ANTHEM

To the world she was a feminist icon, whose song I Am Woman became a rousing call to arms. But in her ’70s heyday, for one young girl, Helen Reddy was simply “Mum”. Traci Donat shares her mother’s life story with Elaine Lipworth.

Quite a stretch

Reaching out may be just what the doctor ordered right now to keep our wellbeing intact, writes Vicki Bramley.

Hall of fame

There aren’t many middle-aged women brave enough to deliver a speech in their togs to a live audience, let alone tens of thousands worldwide. Writer and playwright Pip Hall is such a woman.

Inspired by...

Actress Antonia Prebble will be back on our screens soon starring in the last-ever season of cult show Westside on TV3.

DAME JULIE WALTERS Smelling the roses

In a candid interview from her UK farmhouse, British star Julie Walters tells Juliet Rieden about starring in a magical new movie adaptation of The Secret Garden, how the story resonated with her own childhood, and the health scare during filming that made her reassess her life

Harry & Meghan The Real Story

The authors of the explosive Harry and Meghan biography, Finding Freedom, tell Juliet Rieden how they uncovered the truth behind the headlines and why friends and aides were at such pains to set the record straight.

Secrets of the family tree

Do-it-yourself DNA tests are a popular hobby. For some the results are predictable, for others they’re a revelation. Genevieve Gannon meets historian Rose Overberg, who followed clues from her own test to find her biological father, and now helps others do the same.

‘My children are my GREATEST GIFT

With a lead role in a new Aussie drama and a marriage that arguably had its genesis on our shores, Hermione Norris tells Jenny Brown that Australia has given her plenty to be thankful for.

Into the light

After being brutally kidnapped by rebel soldiers in Sierra Leone’s war, Aminata Conteh Biger escaped to Australia. Now this courageous trailblazer is helping to save mothers and babies in her hometown, writes Juliet Rieden.

To catch a LOVE THIEF

When a Kansas woman starting blogging about her con-artist husband, she discovered he’d amassed many more victims – and wives. They joined forces with a bounty hunter to bring the swindler down. Genevieve Gannon reports.

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

One is a thrice-married TV legend whose favourite meal is bangers and mash. The other is a flamboyant vegan model with aspirations to act. On the surface, Richard and Christian Wilkinson couldn’t be more different but, finds Tiffany Dunk, they have far more in common than meets the eye.

Forged in flames

When fire ravaged eastern Australia last summer, Shane Fitzsimmons was the steady, resolute, compassionate voice that saw us through. Samantha Trenoweth meets the former NSW RFS Commissioner and his family on their very personal quest for resilience and recovery.

Rebecca Gibney “I'm very much for the sisterhood”

In 1994, a role came around that changed Rebecca Gibney’s life. And as she steps back into Jane Halifax’s shoes, she tells Tiffany Dunk how the project that saw her plunge into a spiralling breakdown also brought a lifelong love.

Beatrice & Edoardo Our perfect day

Her Majesty played a touching role in the wedding of beloved granddaughter Princess Beatrice, writes Juliet Rieden.

Baking for a cause!

Today Extra co-host Sylvia Jeffreys turns to The Weekly’s fabled children’s birthday cake book to raise money for Youngcare.

LOVE AFTER LOSS

“Little by little we let go of loss, but never of love” is an adage Neil Seaman can attest to. The Farmer Wants a Wife contestant tells Tiffany Dunk why his past has made him the right man to romance the woman of his dreams once more.