NewsBite

Advertisement

Fenella Souter is a Sydney-based journalist.

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 ...

  • by Fenella Souter

Latest

Home alone and happy, thanks very much

Home alone and happy, thanks very much

Forget lonely-only, cats-and-wine clichés: solo dwellers are on the rise across much of the world – and flourishing.

  • by Fenella Souter
‘She was looking after four medical students: three children and me!’

‘She was looking after four medical students: three children and me!’

After 57 eventful years of marriage, Phan Giang Sang and Kim Châu are clear about what matters in life.

  • by Fenella Souter
‘You can’t imagine the rejection’: The odd-couple friends pushing for a Yes vote
Two of Us
Good Weekend

‘You can’t imagine the rejection’: The odd-couple friends pushing for a Yes vote

Advocate and Gomeroi woman Nicole Laupepa and educator Jacqui Parker give workshops on the Voice all over Australia.

  • by Fenella Souter
‘I love you’: Claire didn’t reply, but Ben wasn’t worried
Two of Us
Good Weekend

‘I love you’: Claire didn’t reply, but Ben wasn’t worried

The couple met more than two decades ago, drifted apart and then Ben almost died. Fast-forward to a lockdown romance …

  • by Fenella Souter
Angel of mercy, or executioner? The existential angst involved in putting down a pet

Angel of mercy, or executioner? The existential angst involved in putting down a pet

Euthanising a beloved feline sparks thoughts about who gets to choose when to go, and who doesn’t.

  • by Fenella Souter
Advertisement
How a former slaughterhouse district became Rome’s hottest foodie destination

How a former slaughterhouse district became Rome’s hottest foodie destination

Roman feasting, Albania’s road less travelled, Oxford’s weird and wonderful… European travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.

  • by Helen Goh, Tim Elliott, Barry Divola, Fenella Souter, Jill Dupleix, Terry Durack, Ute Junker, David Leser, Ben Groundwater, Brian Johnston and Paul Connolly
‘It takes two years to rewire the brain’: Remaking life as a widow

‘It takes two years to rewire the brain’: Remaking life as a widow

The shock of widowhood remains mostly private – leading outsiders to underestimate its overwhelming nature.

  • by Fenella Souter
He’d finished a PhD. Then long COVID hit and he couldn’t make dinner

He’d finished a PhD. Then long COVID hit and he couldn’t make dinner

From Tom, an academic, to a once-athletic teen, crippled by fatigue – Australians with long COVID are still waiting on answers.

  • by Fenella Souter
Wrangling four kids under four – three of them identical triplets

Wrangling four kids under four – three of them identical triplets

Chiropractors Jack and Kate Cowled always dreamt of having several children. They just hadn’t anticipated them arriving the way they did.

  • by Fenella Souter
‘Some people find Ita intimidating, but…’ Di Morrissey on her bestie of 60 years

‘Some people find Ita intimidating, but…’ Di Morrissey on her bestie of 60 years

They’re two of Australia’s most famous women – but they were just making the tea when they became friends almost 60 years ago.

  • by Fenella Souter

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/fenella-souter-p536bl