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Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Roses.

Why waiting for the ‘right time’ to divorce may not be a good idea

There may not be a good time to divorce but leaving it too long to split can spell disaster for warring couples.

  • Sara Mulcahy

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Helen and Dan Broadley with their children Fern, 2, Asher, 5, in Manly.

Starting school should be a happy milestone. For this family, it’s a reminder of tragedy

Helen and Dan Broadley lost their newborn twin Finn at Northern Beaches Hospital. Five years on, they say recent tragedies show the hospital has not changed.

  • Angus Thomson

‘I never thought I would marry and have children’: What made Ed Kavalee change his mind

“I didn’t have a working knowledge of what a successful marriage looked like or what a father was.”

  • Jane Rocca
Caitlin Leishman (right) enlisted the help of a DNA test and her mother XXX to find her genetic family.

Caitlin longed to find her genetic family. What she learnt about her mother was a surprise

Commercially available DNA testing means it’s never been easier to track down long-lost family members. But what’s revealed can be complicated.

  • Shona Hendley
Mikaela Binns-Rorke, 21, and her mum, Natalie Binns are happy living under the same roof at Menai.

‘It would be weird if she left’: The pleasure and pain of adult kids at home

When the kids grow up but they don’t move out, parents may not know where the child stops and the adult starts. Here’s how to lay down the new family law.

  • Mercedes Maguire
Molly Jong-Fast has written a memoir about growing up as the daughter of author Erica Jong.

If I could interview Donald Trump, this is what I’d ask him

Writer Molly Jong-Fast was born into a writing dynasty. She followed her parents’ footsteps, except for one thing.

  • Robyn Doreian
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A recent photo of Rosie Waterland and her mother, Lisa Stevens.

I had a troubled childhood. This is the question I am asked the most

If I’d been removed from my mother’s care permanently from the start, would my life have turned out differently?

  • Rosie Waterland
The Real Review’s Vigneron of the Year award winners, Sandra and David de Pury.

At one of Australia’s oldest wineries, two siblings are 2025’s champion vignerons

Yeringberg’s Sandra and David de Pury are quietly building on the 160-year-old legacy of their Swiss baron great-grandfather.

  • Ardyn Bernoth
Though having grown up in a working-class home, Caroline Zielinski is now in the middle class.

As the only child of immigrants, I know the discomfort of moving into the middle class

Despite building what is in many ways my dream life, for a long time much of it felt out of reach to me.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Prince Harry isn’t speaking with his father. Brooklyn Beckham didn’t go to his father’s 50th celebration. Are family rifts fixable?

Should you try to repair a family rift or just let go?

Whether it’s a breakdown in communication or a sense of betrayal, can you come back from a family falling-out?

  • Nell Geraets

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