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Gone are the days of traditional etiquette.

Our etiquette rules need a makeover. Here’s what I’d do

Good manners in 2025 have more to do with mobile-phone usage than which fork to use.

  • Kathy Lette

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Edward Hoddle addresses the Koala Gala audience at London’s Merchant Taylors’ Hall.

The koala has crashed the party – and London’s elite are paying attention

A black-tie gala in honour of Australia’s beloved marsupial is drawing aristocrats, expats and ex-prime ministers to the cause of wildlife conservation, thanks to one passionate Australian.

  • Rob Harris

If you want to stay young, always follow these three rules

Getting older doesn’t have to mean getting old.

  • Kathy Lette
If you’re heartsick this Valentine’s Day, just remember that love is curable in a way that, say, a close encounter with a great white shark is not.

An unhappy marriage creeps up on you. These are the signs that it may be over

Valentine’s Day isn’t an excuse to stay in a bad relationship.

  • Kathy Lette
  When you reach the point where it’s never “for better” and always “for worse”, it’s time to shout, “Stop this marriage! I want to get off!”

Move over weddings, it’s all about divorce parties now

The biggest celebrations happen at the end of a marriage, rather than the beginning.

  • Kathy Lette
Kathy Lette, at Elouera Beach, Cronulla. Sydney.

I spend half my time in the UK but this is why I’ll always call Australia home

I don’t feel completely myself until pushing my trolley out of the Mascot terminal and inhaling that heady fragrance of frangipani and eucalyptus.

  • Kathy Lette
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I cannot believe the number of fashion faux pas I’ve committed over the years

What was I thinking? Did I even have a mirror? Was I simply being sartorially satirical? Tongue-in-chic?

  • Kathy Lette
Research had found consistent differences in the ways men’s and women’s brains operate.

Men are not from Mars. They are from another galaxy entirely

Am I generalising? Yes. Do I care? No.

  • Kathy Lette
“Staying in” has become the new “going out”.

Forget FOMO! I just want to put on my PJs and stay in bed

In the winter, life calms down and a lovely wave of laziness washes over me.

  • Kathy Lette

When I met Starmer, he’d have won my ‘least likely PM’ vote. Look at him now

He’s cautious, a bit bland and with no big vision, but he’s ousted the crooked Conservatives in this chaos-weary country.

  • Kathy Lette

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