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The hippy hotelier upping the ante in Bali luxury
We’re a lab for showing those greenwashing monkeys in Bali that not everybody wants to spend their holidays in a concrete shell, says John Hardy of his fantastical jungle resort.
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- Ian Neubauer
Sexual pathologists would have plenty to say about this film
Director Yorgos Lanthimos has returned to his arthouse roots in Kinds of Kindnesses.
- John McDonald
This week’s pick of luxuries: a $17k wrist cuff and a posh dog harness
Who needs a sculpture by a top American artist when you can get a mini version for your wrist? Or another artwork for your walls when your pooch can wear one?
- Eugenie Kelly
The co-CEOs who learned the secret to business from ... pasta
Shaun Greenblo and Elliot Midalia are managing directors at Boody, a bamboo-based clothing company. They both meditate – in their own way – before office hours.
- Lauren Sams
Deutsche gets ball rolling at Public Hospitality recapitalisation
Street Talk understands a new $200 senior lending facility has been put in front of the group’s existing lenders.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Lunch with the AFR
How this Australian banker thrived on Wall Street for 30 years
Queenslander Paul Compton, who started a job at Jamie Dimon’s JP Morgan in 2007, knows that the industry can be a rough ride.
- Matthew Cranston
The day everything changed for Young Rich Lister Tash Oakley
For the 33-year-old who made her millions in swimsuits and Pilates, her business was literally her body, then suddenly it simply couldn’t take it any more.
- Lucy Dean
Meet the Timorese lawyer chasing Australian wind licences for Norway
A former refugee carried out of East Timor on her mother’s back has returned to Australia as country head of Norwegian energy giant Equinor to chase offshore wind licences.
- Ben Potter
Yesterday
ASX dog Domino’s Pizza a timely reminder for GyG
The downward slide of Domino’s Pizza is a sobering reminder of just how tough it is in the fast food franchise market.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
He was terrified of planes, but Boyd’s works could fly at auction
Seven paintings by celebrated Australian artist Arthur Boyd are going under the hammer in Melbourne on July 24.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
What makes Queen the most valuable rock band of all time
Expect to hear even more of the songs that have become anthems after the band sold the rights to Sony Music and the private equity giant Apollo for $1.9 billion.
- Liam Kelly
About Time Watch Weekend to return in September
Fifteen of the world’s top manufacturers of mechanical watches will showcase their latest timepieces in Sydney and Melbourne.
- Matthew Drummond
MONA has a new home for its Picassos: The women’s toilet
MONA is appealing a ruling that closed down its Ladies Lounge after finding it was discriminatory to men.
- Rachel Pannett
Supercharge your workouts with a weighted vest
They’re suddenly everywhere and no wonder. It’s the one piece of gym kit that will get you fit faster while making you feel like an action hero,
- Luke Benedictus
Shows you must see for NAIDOC Week
From a trans-Tasman tour de force for Bangarra Dance Theatre, to a Vincent Namatjira retrospective featuring ‘that’ portrait of Gina Rinehart, there are plenty of shows to get you into the spirit of the week.
- Michael Bailey
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Motoring
Is this race-bred Porsche with driver harness too much for the road?
Some believe the turbocharged Porsche 911 GT3 RS is lucky to be road legal. After driving it, this is what we think.
- Tony Davis
This Month
Study reveals the power of a kiss on the cheek
Why your cheeks are a highly sensitive interface with the world.
- Jill Margo
Making new friends can be hard. Here are five ways to make one a year
Many modern factors, including remote work, social media and a higher focus on convenience in everyday life, such as home streaming, have increased loneliness.
- Emma Nadler
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Wine & spirits
This berry-infused gin is about so much more than the botanicals
In his day job, Sam Kirby works in disaster recovery. But he wasn’t going to let just anyone make a spirit with the native fruit long picked his family.
- Max Allen
Stop ‘chopping’: What your cushions say about you
Do yours have the right filling and requisite roundness? Or do they have ‘bunny’s ears’ and unspeakable foam? Here is a purist’s guide.
- Serena Fokschaner
This 59-year-old play about broke divorcees oddly suits the times
Two of Australia’s great comedic actors make this revival of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple a funny, relatable affair.
- Michael Bailey
Extending life expectancy big business for Manly app founders
The three surf club members started comparing workouts in 2020. Now their platform, which aggregates wearable technology data, is worth about $9 million.
- Zoe Samios
My week of drinking like a Boomer – and what it did to my body
A tot before breakfast, a brightener here, a livener there – the older generation has perfected the art of perma-imbibing. Could I keep up?
- Liz Hoggard
- Driving With Tony Davis
- Motoring
Noosa gears up to show off some of the world’s most collectable cars
From Ferrari to Porsche, ultra-luxury and rare cars will take over the main drag next Saturday for its Concours d’Elegance.
- Tony Davis
Escape the crowds with an intimate tour of a pop legend’s Paris home
For the first time since his death, the unchanged abode of musician Serge Gainsbourg is open to the public, with his daughter as your guide.
- Kate Hennessy
June
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- Saleroom
Fine art collection of late Ron Walker to fetch up to $8m
He helped build modern Melbourne but the works that hung in his Toorak mansion, and are now for sale, had a very Sydney flavour.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Why that surprise weight gain might be an Ozempic baby
There is mounting evidence that weigh-loss drugs such as Ozempic are delivering baby-sized surprises.
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- Julie Hare
How fashion and beauty are cashing in on the Olympics
The 2024 Games are being called “the fashion Olympics”, and Australian brands are muscling in on the action.
- Lauren Sams