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Tyler Atkins and Rasmus King on Sydney’s Bondi beach.

How a model and reality-TV star turned to film to tell the raw story of his youth

Former model and Amazing Race winner Tyler Atkins has made a film, Bosch & Rockit, based on true events around his difficult upbringing. His star is teen pro Rasmus King.

  • Karl Quinn

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Sharlette Johnson at the weekend.

Meet the 16-year-old putting women back in the rodeo saddle

Sharlette Johnson was the first woman to compete in junior bull riding in years at Australia’s biggest rodeo at the weekend. And she is just getting started.

  • Amelia Hetherington
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‘Sydney’s favourite question’: Where the city’s powerbrokers went to school

A Sun-Herald analysis of the schools attended by more than 50 of Sydney’s powerbrokers - men and women who influence the politics, business, and culture of the city - found almost 10 per cent attended the same school.

  • Jordan Baker
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Are you looking for some good news? We have plenty to share

Positive stories – stories of possibility, community, innovation and joy – remind us of what it means to be human, to be a part of something bigger than ourselves.

  • Riley Wilson
Newcastle speed boat racer David Warby will attempt to break his father Ken's 40-year-old world on-water speed record in 2020 using a jet engined boat; his father Ken breaks the record in 1978, and father and son together.

New attempt on world record in NSW keeps it in the family

David Warby is in the final stage of trials to snatch the world water speed record from his father Ken Warby, which was set in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains in 1978.

  • Tim Barlass
Mr Freedman said the extravagant purchase was meant to bring attention to the lack of support for the arts community during COVID-19. 

'Milking it for a reason': one man's journey to the world's most expensive guitar

Peter Freedman is taking his new toy on the road to give back to the industry that made his remarkable journey possible.

  • Zach Hope
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Neale Daniher.

'My best book': Neale Daniher laughs and launches

The former Essendon star and Melbourne coach and motor neurone disease sufferer has written a book about what it all might mean.

  • Greg Baum
Holden Sheppard now.

Growing up gay in Geraldton: how Holden Sheppard lived to tell the tale

He's one of Australia’s brightest young literary stars; loved on social media, touring nationally, winning awards. But that's only the surface of his story.

  • Emma Young
Violin prodigy Christian Li. At just 11 years old, Christian is the youngest-ever winner of the Junior Prize at the prestigious Menuhin Competition in Geneva.

How a banana ensures Christian, 11, won't slip up on stage

He has only played the violin for six years, but Christian Li can fire up an orchestra as a soloist with a skill set that has bagged him a prize at one of the world's most prestigious competitions.

  • Tom Compagnoni and Esther Han

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