Elizabeth Taylor
Lost tapes reveal Elizabeth Taylor’s struggle with fame and shame
Long-lost audio interviews with the double Oscar winner reveal her life-long struggle with fame, and the cause that became her crowning glory.
- by Karl Quinn
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Seventy years on, Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol
Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954, he drank a yard of ale.
- by Rob Harris
The astonishing hedonism, excess and love of two great actors
The lives of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were devoted at times to each other but always to indulgence.
- by Tom Ryan
Priscilla, Cleopatra and their beaus: the best real-life couples in film
We’re all voyeurs at heart, so is that why so many people are fascinated by the love lives of these historical figures?
- by Kerrie O'Brien
It started with a kiss on stage, now this real-life couple is fighting it out
‘It’s really shocking’: Why Kat Stewart and David Whiteley took on the classic domestic drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- by John Bailey
The Mediterranean island for the rich and famous at the forefront of the climate revolution
From Jules Verne to Christopher Skase, Rafael Nadal’s native Mallorca has long had a powerful pull on the rich and famous. Now its natural assets of sun and sea are fuelling power itself.
- by Rob Harris
Australia’s biggest diamond auction is under way, but is bigger always better?
The biggest stone to go under the hammer in Australia is expected to fetch more than $1 million this week. But what about “regular” folk –what should we look for?
- by Melissa Singer
Beyond the realm of royalty: what makes a piece of jewellery a modern icon?
The world’s most famous bracelet - which requires a special screwdriver to unlock it - is helping drive a post-COVID jewellery recovery.
- by Melissa Singer
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