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EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 13 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Agronomist and farmer Craig Hole died by suicide in May 2025. His wife Tracey Hole and their adult twins Henry and Imogen are pictured at home on their farm in Naracoorte, South Australia. Photo: Emma Mehlhopt

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How to break a farmer’s heart

After drought set in, the beloved South Australian farmer began to struggle. Until it all became too much. What now for a family and a community struggling to make sense of his loss?

Sarah Hender

Richard Attenborough and Mara Wilson in MIRACLE ON 34TH sTReet

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Christmas has its shadows. That’s where we find the light.

It’s natural for there to be family tensions – even about the very idea of Christmas itself – but we hope and pray the spirit of the holiday prevails, as it has for centuries.

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 13 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Parmi Snorrason is the owner of Music Junction, a business institution in the heart of Camberwell, operating for over 40 years, from Year in the Life of Boroondara, as seen by members of the Camberwell Camera Club in 2024. Photo: Fiona Anderson

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A year in the life of Camberwell

In this Melbourne suburb more than 40 amateur photographers spent a year capturing scenes of everyday life. The result is a compelling slice of modern Australian life.

I’ve seen the light, thanks to Clarkson's farm.

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I’m giving up ham this Christmas, thanks to Jeremy bloody Clarkson

One crying session during Clarkson’s Farm and suddenly this lifelong pork enthusiast is staring down a Christmas table without glazed ham.

Charlotte Ree

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Old farmer and his wife in front of ramshackle house. Real life American Gothic. Scanned film taken in the 1970s.

Before the Boomers there were ‘the Silents’

We can all learn something from the pre-war generation of Australians whose belief system showed us how to live, love and laugh in the face of adversity.

GARDENSThe Weekend Australian Magazine

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Scientists invent sunscreen from pollen

Pollen is naturally UV-resistant and could be the answer to supplying the world with a sunscreen that doesn’t damage coral reefs as chemical sunscreens do.

Helen Young

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Mudlarking - Museum of London exhibition

My most unusual hobby? Hunting the shore for lost treasures

While Londoners dig through Thames mud for ancient relics, I have discovered an infinitely more pleasant way to uncover the same historical magic.

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

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A lesson from Phillip Adams on lifelong learning

Tertiary education was beyond my wildest dreams. All my life I’ve sought to teach myself and little by little, night by night, year by year, I did learn some stuff.

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 13 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Agronomist and farmer Craig Hole died by suicide in May 2025. His wife Tracey Hole and their adult twins Henry and Imogen are pictured at home on their farm in Naracoorte, South Australia. Photo: Emma Mehlhopt

How to break a farmer’s heart

After drought set in, the beloved South Australian farmer began to struggle. Until it all became too much. What now for a family and a community struggling to make sense of his loss?

Sarah Hender

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 13 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Parmi Snorrason is the owner of Music Junction, a business institution in the heart of Camberwell, operating for over 40 years, from Year in the Life of Boroondara, as seen by members of the Camberwell Camera Club in 2024. Photo: Fiona Anderson

A year in the life of Camberwell

In this Melbourne suburb more than 40 amateur photographers spent a year capturing scenes of everyday life. The result is a compelling slice of modern Australian life.

HOME HUNTThe Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 13 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Lot 36 Whalers Drive, Thistle Island, SA. Photo: Supplied

A glorious island bolthole – for way under a million bucks

A short boat or plane trip from Port Lincoln gets you to this serene and private island bolthole somewhere in the Spencer Gulf. Asking price? $795,000.

Michelle Singer

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G’day stranger, can I take your picture?

Brett Canet-Gibson’s modus operandi for his acclaimed Portraits From the Pavement series is refreshingly simple and direct.

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New AI robot ‘hunts’ dirt in your swimming pool

While robots vacuum floors and mow lawns, this $5999 AI pool cleaner represents the ultimate in automated luxury for Australian backyards.

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Richard Attenborough and Mara Wilson in MIRACLE ON 34TH sTReet

Christmas has its shadows. That’s where we find the light.

It’s natural for there to be family tensions – even about the very idea of Christmas itself – but we hope and pray the spirit of the holiday prevails, as it has for centuries.

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

I’ve seen the light, thanks to Clarkson's farm.

I’m giving up ham this Christmas, thanks to Jeremy bloody Clarkson

One crying session during Clarkson’s Farm and suddenly this lifelong pork enthusiast is staring down a Christmas table without glazed ham.

Charlotte Ree

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Milestone moment: BYD delivers the first affordable EV

The Chinese carmaker has achieved something many pundits thought would take a lot longer – price parity between EVs and combustion cars. So how much is it, and is it any good?

Stephen Corby

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‘I built my whole life around the Tour de France’

To become the greatest sprint cyclist of all time, with 35 stage wins in the Tour de France, took superhuman focus ‘every minute of every day’. How is Sir Mark Cavendish coping with life off the bike?

Jason Gagliardi

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What could stop the march of the Chinese carmakers?

For now, if you want to buy a ute, the only sensible choice is the Ford Ranger. But this is a truck on borrowed time. The Chinese are coming and they’re not messing about.

Jeremy Clarkson

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Melbourne’s hottest new hotel oozes with old world charm

There’s something very appealing about a hotel in the Garden City that’s more garden and less city. Are the days of enduring inner city grunge over for visitors to the southern capital?

Elizabeth Colman

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Undated : Leeuwin Estate. Winery. Margaret River.

From one of our greatest wineries comes these affordable wines

The story of one of Australian wine’s most significant sites is embarking on new chapters

Nick Ryan

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 13 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Crispy Pork Belly from Lucky Dragon Supper Club by Stephanie Feher, photography by Rob Palmer Murdoch Books RRP $39.99

Friends coming over? Try these fresh ideas for a party

I love a table that becomes a space where individuals feel valued, and where the group as a whole thrives.

Stephanie Feher

COMMENTARYThe Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 06 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Charlotte at Wylies Baths. Photo: Dane Tucker

My search for meaning brought me to a new sacred ritual

Here in the ocean pool, I find faith in the constancy, the ocean’s rhthym and the people who keep showing up.

Charlotte Ree

CommentaryThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Overhead view of plain glazed doughnuts in a white delivery box on an aqua colored surface

Here’s my advice: don’t take it

Never give advice, they say. But after eight decades, here are three rules worth sharing: don’t touch an elephant’s private parts, keep your eye on the donut not the hole, and always be prepared.

GARDENINGThe Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 06 DECEMBER. FEE MAY APPLY. Images and text from The Plant Book by Tammy Huynh, photography by Chris Chen. Murdoch Books RRP $45.00.

Helen Young’s gift guide for the garden lover

From rookie guides to plant bibles, this season’s crop of new gardening books are perfect for your green-thumbed friends and family members.

Helen Young

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