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Lunch with journalist and novelist Jacqueline Maley

Two journalists, an eclectic restaurant and Taylor Swift: Inside the making of Jac Maley’s new book

Long before the world’s most popular singer ate there, columnist Jacqueline Maley could see potential in her favourite eating spot.

  • Melanie Kembrey

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Singer Christine Anu at lunch at Flower Drum.

Why Christine Anu broke her ‘no more musicals’ rule

The singer reflects on how she was enticed by the charms of Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown, and her enduring connection with My Island Home.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Tim Wilson at Little Sister Cafe.

The moment lunch with Tim Wilson turned into an ambush

The newly elected Goldstein MP’s political skills were put to the test when he was unexpectedly confronted by a constituent.

  • Stephen Brook
Gordi, aka Sophie Payten,

She’s seen the chaos of life and the quiet of death. Gordi won’t stand still

Being surrounded by tragedy has taught the singer-songwriter about life’s fragility and transience. In the face of grief, she’s firmly an optimist – and one who embraces turmoil.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Marian Keyes

Good food, good craic as bestselling author Marian Keyes gets real

Lunch with Marian Keyes is a revelation; sex, alcoholism, life and death. Nothing is off the table.

  • Margot Saville
Climate activist Violet CoCo at Huong Viet Vegan in Footscray.

There’s no bridge too far for this climate activist’s cause

Violet CoCo believes her disruptive, often controversial, actions are for the greater good. But she wasn’t always an environmental zealot – and even voted Liberal at her first election.

  • Angus Delaney
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Gamble led with Malaysian police on a billion dollar boiler room targeting Australians in 2023.

The high-profile private eye kicking in scammers’ doors

Australia’s best known PI, Ken Gamble, on busting fraudsters, his feud with Peter Foster, and how his former acting and boxer careers help in undercover work.

  • Sherryn Groch
Giving to a good cause is joyous, says David Gonski.

David Gonski on the art of parting the rich from their money for a good cause

University of NSW chancellor and philanthropist-whisperer David Gonski says it shouldn’t matter why a rich person gives, only that they do.

  • Linda Morris
Melbourne Writers Festival director Veronica Sullivan.

Festivals have ‘privileged literary works’ over popular, commercial fiction: Veronica Sullivan

As the new director of the Melbourne Writers Festival, Veronica Sullivan has tried to create a program with broad appeal.

  • Kylie Northover
Matt Hill drops into Little Roseberry cafe three days a week.

How 400,000km in an old Toyota, a single mum and a brush with death shaped Matt Hill’s career

Matt Hill is the face behind the voice that calls our most famous horse race. He is also a rising star of AFL broadcasting.

  • Danny Russell

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