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November 2020

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas, is one of the group's properties offering the Work From Hyatt package.

Battered by COVID-19, hotels pitch themselves as remote workspaces

Eager to get guests back in their empty rooms, hotels and resorts are pitching themselves as remote workspaces.

  • Curtis Tate

October 2020

Rich Listers and their pets. Harry and Rhonda Triguboff; Scott and Jack Hutchinson; Betty Klimenko.

The pets that rich listers own

Meet the furry and feathered friends that define creature comforts for some of the nation’s most wealthy.

  • Philippa Coates and Matthew Drummond

August 2020

Massimo Gnocchi and Paolo Danesi's alpine-inspired prefabricated cabin.

Tiny houses that offer the perfect pandemic escape

Wide open spaces hold allure but for many, a small home is just the ticket for riding out whatever comes our way.

  • Stephen Todd

July 2020

Craig Andrade quit law six months ago to focus on The Raconteur.

Lawyer leaves behind mega-deal dollars to make Australian scents

Introducing the world's top perfumers to Australian flora was a lightbulb moment for The Raconteur's Craig Andrade.

  • Lauren Sams
Breguet Marine High Jewellery Poseidonia.

38 new watches show the industry is ticking along just fine in 2020

Whether you're working from home, back in the office, feeling nostalgic or dreaming of escape, this year's COVID-19 cache impresses, writes Bani McSpedden for the Watch special in our August issue.

  • Bani McSpedden
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A suspension light by Atelier van Lieshout above a one-off Vincenzo De Cotiis dining table.

How Gene Sherman reinvented the former home of Mike Cannon-Brookes

From Atlassian to art, the Federation home in Sydney's Centennial Park was a shared canvas for gallerist Gene Sherman and interior designer Don Cameron.

  • Stephen Todd
The Opera Scarface: A horological hurdy-gurdy with a $500,00-plus price tag.

‘Say hello to my little friend’: Introducing the $500k Scarface watch

The new luxury timepiece from Jacob & Co is wearable movie memorabilia for your wrist (and it includes a piano with moving keys).

  • Bani McSpedden

May 2020

How deep does the rabbit hole go: Keanu Reeves in The Matrix Reloaded.

Are we living in the Matrix?

Our lives may feel unreal at the moment but are we really avatars in a simulation? Some researchers think they can prove that we are, scientifically.

  • Mark White
Dan Murphy's has seen a resurgence in mainstream beers.

Revenge of the old-school beer brands

Small craft brewers are being hit the hardest in the hospitality sector shutdown and value-oriented mainstream beers are making a comeback in liquor retail.

  • Simon Evans
There is a lyrical, climactic moment at the end of the first episode when Esty (Shira Haas) goes with her new friends to the Wannsee and wades slowly into the water.

Netflix series 'Unorthodox': a tale of escape from religious lockdown

A young woman flees a closed Hasidic Jewish community in New York to make a new life in the cosmopolitan freedom of Berlin.

  • John McDonald
Normal People was filmed just before  social distancing was imposed. If producers decide to resume production they will have to rethink everything to keep their actors and production staff safe.

TV and film's lockdown on sex

Any new television and film dramas will have to adapt to new social distancing rules.

  • Anita Singh

April 2020

Bill Henson in his backyard. "Caring for things is very, very good for us, whether we’re talking about trees or other sentient beings."

Gardening is like a drug, says photographer Bill Henson

Bill Henson applies the same artistry to his suburban Melbourne garden as he does to his photography.

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  • Philippa Coates
Fashion offered welcome relief to the grit and struggle of wartime.

Why you should dress up to work from home

Is that leopard print wrap dress you love a little racy for wearing out to work? Why not wear it in to work instead?

  • Marion Hume
The newest wine subscription services deliver drops chosen to match subscribers' tastes.

Wine club tech can learn your palate preference

The days of receiving the same wine delivery as everyone else month after month are over.

  • Max Allen
Variegated Syngonium from Leaf Supply.

The plant curators ready to green your work-from-home space

Plant "curators" and stylists are experiencing a boom right now, as quarantined workers look to green their homes.

  • Dan F Stapleton
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Ben Cole (left) as Charles Lindbergh and John Turturro as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf.

The plot against America - What if?

What if before the Americans entered World War II, aviator Charles Lindbergh had defeated FDR to become president and to lead a thuggish fascist regime?

  • John McDonald
Alexandra Shulman.

Why we should care about what we wear in a pandemic

In a new book, former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman explains the richly detailed history of clothing and its role in our lives.

  • Lauren Sams
Illustration Simon Letch

Need a break from virus news?

We've been collecting tips on what to read, watch and do At Home; advice on how to Work in the Shutdown; all the best Tech for the Shutdown, and if you want to see how corporate leaders are spending their working isolation, check out CEOs at home.

Clover Hill is hosting virtual wine tastings on Friday nights.

Cellars turn to virtual happy hours

Can't go out? Let the sommeliers and vintners come to you via virtual tastings, writes Max Allen.

  • Max Allen
The Sapphires is one of the very rare films that present an upbeat story about indigenous life.

Happy films to while away the hours in isolation

We all seem to have more time to watch TV in quarantine. Good thing that there's a backlog of great films worth catching while responsibly being in social isolation.

  • John McDonald

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