Lunch with
‘I thought I was friends with Nova’: Craig Foster on the spat that rocked the republican movement
The ex-Socceroo goes “all in” on the things he cares about, but it comes at a cost.
- by Ben Cubby
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Bob Geldof once said he wanted to get ‘rich, famous and laid’. Here’s how that worked out for him
The musician and global activist still has plenty more to say.
- by Nick Galvin
Families, fights and flying dough: The pizza place where Melbourne grew up
After more than 50 years, the family behind Papa Gino’s – a Lygon Street institution that families and students have flocked to for decades – are hanging up their aprons.
- by Besha Rodell
‘We behaved quite badly’: Sex, drugs and mock and roll – Eric Idle’s very funny world
At 81, founding Monty Python member Eric Idle is still looking for new ways to make people laugh.
- by Nick Galvin
Staying on top for decades – well, it takes a special kind of person. Just ask Gai
She is the first lady of racing, but celebrated trainer Gai Waterhouse is happy to share her expertise on all topics.
- by Damien Woolnough
Mark Ruffalo wanted to make a film about his life. Rob Bilott had to be convinced
The environmental lawyer reluctantly agreed to help Hollywood for one reason only.
- by Carrie Fellner
The evolution of a Fringe goddess
She is the queen of Melbourne’s festival of the provocative, but Moira Finucane’s boundary-pushing performances have a generosity at their heart. It all comes from a life-changing encounter.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
‘I thought I’d go completely blind’: Cruellest blow for a movie critic hits David Stratton
The beloved film buff has built a life around cinema, but pursuing his passion has become a challenge.
- by Garry Maddox
He’s Anthony Burke not Kevin McCloud, and he’s coming for your toilets
The new host of Grand Designs Australia isn’t trying to copy his British counterpart, but he does want to change Australian homes.
- by Julie Power
‘Just doesn’t sit right with me’: The unsolved murders this top cop wants to crack
Lunch with NSW Police homicide squad commander Danny Doherty strayed into some dark territory.
- by Jessica McSweeney
‘He wasn’t dead yet’: Gill got rejected from a widow’s group, so she started her own
Gill Malona, a 29-year-old who lost her teenage sweetheart to bowel cancer, says people need to put conversations about death back on the table.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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