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The October 21 Edition

The intensifying debate over controlling classroom behaviour | Julia Baird on grieving a former partner | How Dr Albert Shun wooed his future wife with his trumpet | My spouse won’t call a Phillips head screwdriver the right name | The new way to crash an Indian wedding

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The October 21 Edition
“The more orderly the environment, the more conducive it is to learning,” notes one school principal. “[Teachers] play a role. You can’t just be Ms Happy-Go-Lucky … there’s no room for ‘cool’ teachers.”

Anxiety, ADHD, ‘snowplough parents’: Behind our worsening school discipline crisis

Australian classrooms are more disorderly than ever – prompting an intensifying debate about how to control bad behaviour.

  • by Jordan Baker

Julia Baird: Exactly how do you go about grieving the death of an ex?

When the man she almost married died in a plane crash, she was grief-stricken – and unsure of the place for her sorrow.

  • by Julia Baird
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His trumpet solo for nurse Petula showed trainee doc Albert fancied her

Australia’s first paediatric transplant surgeon, Dr Albert Shun, played an Irish standard to woo his future wife.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
Richard Bell: “I hope that I’ve lived a good life where I’ve been kind and generous; not been a prick.”
Dicey Topics
For subscribers

‘A position of unofficial war’: Artist Richard Bell’s view of post-Voice Australia

The Indigenous activist’s call for the government to begin treaty negotiations.

  • by Benjamin Law
Modern Guru
Modern Guru

This screwy tool’s name is bringing our marriage to a head

Maybe your wife doesn’t want to face any lewd comments, writes our Modern Guru.

  • by Danny Katz
Kitchen Sink Drama
For subscribers

Doppelgänger

Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: Seeing him everywhere.

  • by Paul Connolly
Paying to experience an Indian wedding: Cultural immersion or fetishism?

You can crash an Indian wedding for $233

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • by Lauren Ironmonger, Nicole Abadee, Frances Mocnik, Jill Dupleix and Melissa Singer
Seed, date, walnut and maple breakfast loaf

Seed, date, walnut and maple breakfast loaf

This healthy, nutty bread makes a delicious grab-and-go breakfast.

  • by Karen Martini
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Clams with fregola, peas and parsley pesto

Clams with fregola, peas and parsley pesto

Tracking down the Sardinian pasta shape is worth the extra effort for its nutty, toasted aroma.

  • by Danielle Alvarez
Mozzarella en carrozza (fried mozzarella sandwich).
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Melbourne

Is Studio Amaro the retro Italian restaurant (and disco) that Windsor’s been waiting for?

Fried mozzarella sandwiches, cacio e pepe butter ... the Commune Group’s new Italian all-rounder Studio Amaro brings the cheese.

  • by Dani Valent
Such and Such’s cheerful interior.

This new award-winning restaurant is one of the most exciting places to eat in Australia, right now

Canberra, you’ve done it again, with this infectiously cheerful smart-casual bistro from the Pilot trio.

  • by Callan Boys

Confession: I can’t stop eating kimchi (while watching others eat it too)

The chunky, funky, fermented cabbage is Korea’s gift to the world at the dinner table (and on TV).

  • by Terry Durack
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