The August 20 Edition
Film director George Miller on playing Hollywood hardball | Eating disorders during lockdown | A tree-change reality check | Muslim senator Fatima Payman on meeting Pauline Hanson
‘Simmering beneath the surface’: The awful spike in eating disorders during lockdown
Designed to protect at-risk sectors of the community, lockdowns also created vulnerabilities – particularly among young people.
- by Chip Le Grand
Setbacks, star wars, sackings: How director George Miller plays Hollywood hardball
The legendary director of the Mad Max and Happy Feet films has learnt many lessons during his acclaimed career – including how to handle LA from Down Under.
- by Garry Maddox
‘I was naive’: When the call of farm life doesn’t go quite as planned
After a personal tragedy, quitting city life to work on the land sounded like the ideal solution. But a shift between fantasy and reality was also required.
- by Nicola Harvey
Good Weekend Talks: ‘It’s lonelier’: The transition from top dancer to artistic director
Australian Ballet artistic director David Hallberg talks dancing versus directing, tradition versus innovation, and how he survived Melbourne’s lockdowns.
Why our first hijab-wearing Muslim senator wants a cuppa with Pauline Hanson
Fatima Payman, the newly sworn-in Western Australian Labor senator, talks about fleeing the Taliban, dealing with Islamophobia, and why she picks her battles.
- by Benjamin Law
‘If we insult you, we like you’: Two unsung 9/11 heroes on the art of mateship
On September 11, 2001, 38 planes landed in a small Canadian town, stranding thousands for days. Helping them out were Brian Mosher and best friend Oswald Fudge.
- by Konrad Marshall
My friend’s peacocks scratched my car: Who’s at fault?
This week, our Modern Guru offers advice on how to be prepared during peacock mating season.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
Opinion
I finally found a bed I didn’t lose any sleep over
I thought I’d experienced my perfect sleep years ago, but a recent night in a London hotel proved otherwise.
- by Amelia Lester
Are blended wines better than unblended?
It depends on what you want as a wine-lover: a wine that is indicative of a place or variety, a certain winemaker’s hand – or a wine that just tastes good.
- by Huon Hooke
Hall pass
Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: An unexpected turn of events at a dinner
- by Paul Connolly
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Italian stuffed cabbage rolls
These parcels are comforting, nourishing and such a lovely way to make use of the humble savoy cabbage.
- by Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Karen Martini’s gluten-fee red velvet and barberry muffins with cream cheese icing
These muffins are moist and delicious. The beetroot adds a pink hue which goes perfectly with the chocolate flavour and sour zing of the barberries.
- by Karen Martini
Review
Melbourne
Melbourne: Jeow
Besha Rodell can taste the passion at Thi Le’s new Laotian-Australian-inspired restaurant in Richmond (formerly Anchovy).
- by Besha Rodell
Review
Sydney
Sydney: Hotel Centennial
In terms of tone, not much has changed since Merivale bought Woollahra's Hotel Centennial in 2017 – but there has been a shift in the kitchen.
- by David Matthews
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