Can’t afford a RR Phantom? Try the Honda Civic
This car is so eco that if you encounter any activists who’ve glued themselves to the road, they’ll likely tear their own hands off to let you by.
Columnists
My dirt file on the royals dwarfs Netflix’s
I know the name of His Majesty’s main mistress (an Australian) pre-dating Camilla and oodles about what might be described as the Duke of Edinburgh’s down-under doings.
Tripping the light fantastic
Many of Dani Watson’s long-exposure landscape photos, taken in “nautical twilight”, feature strange light trails. What is going on?
As a mother I can hardly bear to watch this film
Netflix is no longer available in Russia but I wish Putin, and the Russian people, could somehow see this harrowing film, and reflect.
How green we were
Comparing the way we live today with the 1960s, one thing in particular sticks out.
At $28, this is one hell of a wine
Balance and harmony brook no dissent in this red hot Barossa bargain.
Aston Martin’s mad SUV is ready for take-off
The DBX707 is so loud and confronting, it’s like driving Anthony Mundine.
A spot of armchair gardening, anyone?
This year’s crop of garden books has been a good one, offering plenty of choice for holiday reading or gift-giving.
Sex: it’s the root of all evil
Sex has become even more fraught since it ceased to be binary. Now no one knows whether they’re coming or going.
Cookies to take you back to your childhood
There’s something very nostalgic about passionfruit yo-yos, those short, crumbly cookies, flavoured with custard powder and sandwiched with a thick and creamy passionfruit icing.
Sesame prawn eggplant toasts
It’s an entertainer’s favourite – with a twist.
At last, we’re seeing the world through women’s eyes
It’s hard to convey the scale of the emotional resonance for women in a new exhibition by the mighty Cressida Campbell. It’s about bloody time.
Australia won’t be able to dig itself out of the next hole
Current policy assumes immigrants will almost always choose Australia over other destinations. But that thinking is flawed.
Now this is how to do a midlife crisis
Parking the Harley-Davidson Softail Standard – a relative bargain at $22,995 – in my driveway made me inexcusably happy.
McLaren vs Ferrari: which hybrid is better?
One is faster and more attractive, the other is cheaper and much easier to drive, especially on city roads. So which would I buy?
A matter of life and death
Kerry Packer had perhaps a billion dollars to his name, but when it came to time he wasn’t even a millionaire.
‘Jaw-dropping’: put this $30 rosé on your list
It’s enough to stop even those who “don’t like rosés” in their tracks.
Georgia’s got skin in the game
Among the giants of the Yarra Valley, Georgia Dale’s wine label is a three-year-old minnow — but she has a grand plan…
Ah, summer. So ready for this after a waterlogged year
The season of sand is upon us – can you smell it? In your mind perhaps, or, if you’re lucky enough, in reality.
What is the meaning of work?
There has been a shift in what workers expect from their workplaces. It began before the pandemic — and it’s now in full swing.
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