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The September 23 edition

Style Edit: Satu Vänskä, the Finnish virtuoso violinist making waves in Australia | Long-term AIDS survivors on beating the odds | Richard & Christian Wilkins discuss dressing up and eating broccoli | Osamah Sami on expanding roles for Muslim actors | Li Cunxin on good health and fine legacies

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The September 23 edition

Her musical talent helped her escape Finland. Now she’s making waves here

She’s a shining light of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, but has mostly shunned the spotlight. Now, after 20 years, Satu Vänskä’s stepping up her solo game.

  • by Amanda Hooton
In 1984, David Menadue was one of the first people in Australia to be diagnosed HIV-positive.
“I was told not to plan for
old age,” he says.

‘I was told not to plan for old age’: The long-term survivors who beat the HIV odds

They were expected to die, yet 40 years after HIV/AIDS rocked the world, many are holding strong – baffling medicos in the process.

  • by Greg Callaghan
Osamah Sami’s career has often involved pushing to create more complex roles – one attempt led to a fatwa for playing a gay character.

His dad wanted him to be a doctor – but now Osamah’s on a different healing mission

For Islamic actor Osamah Sami, playing a villain or being ignored has been par for the course. He’s leading a charge to change all that.

  • by Tim Elliott
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Author Robyn Davidson’s family albums, including Davidson as a child with her mother, and her mother with her grandmother.

After trying to write about her mother’s death, Robyn had an epiphany

She was 11 when she came home from school to find her mum dead. But it took decades before this acclaimed author would attempt to tell her story.

  • by Robyn Davidson

‘High heels and a bustier?’ Richard Wilkins on his son’s fashion choices

Entertainment journalist Richard says his actor-model son Christian is “far better” than him. Now, their close relationship is entering a new chapter.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
“You need to live your life to the fullest. Take every day that comes as if it’s your last.”

‘We both have to face reality’: The extra blow on top of Li Cunxin’s health scare

The artistic director of Queensland Ballet on his decision to focus on his family.

  • by Benjamin Law
Canadian singer The Weeknd with his diamond-encrusted “ladies’” Piaget watch at Cannes.

Calling time on gendered watches

Women have long appropriated men’s watches. Now there’s a new shift.

  • by Luke Benedictus

Gen Z seeing red: What launched a fruity fashionista craze – and its backlash

Behold the Tomato Girl Summer: an heirloom from this year’s northern hemisphere holiday season.

  • by Damien Woolnough
Modern Guru
Modern Guru

Harvesting moss from a bushland burial: Sweet idea or true crime scene?

The urge for a sentimental keepsake is natural, writes our Modern Guru – even the occasional toe.

  • by Danny Katz
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Kitchen Sink Drama
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The semi-secret rendezvous

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

  • by Paul Connolly

Breaking: The Newsreader beats second-season blues

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

  • by Greg Callaghan, Melissa Singer, Melanie Kembrey, Frances Mocnik, Sharon Bradley and Jill Dupleix
Herb, spinach, halloumi, walnut and barberry fritters.

Herb, spinach, halloumi, walnut and barberry fritters

These nourishing fritters packed with fresh herbs, walnuts and halloumi are perfect for breakfast and brunch.

  • by Karen Martini
Veal cotoletta with spring vegetables and anchovy.

Veal cotoletta with spring vegetables and anchovy

This veal cotoletta feels a little bit fancy, yet comes together easily for a delicious dinner.

  • by Danielle Alvarez
Bustling Bourke Street restaurant Thai Baan.
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Thai Baan

Queue for the $14.90 boat noodles, stay for everything else at this buzzy Bourke Street hotspot

Melbourne’s Thai Baan has punchy and affordable street food at its heart. And the boat noodles are the real deal. No wonder there’s always a line out front.

  • by Larissa Dubecki
Review
Hansang

Bubbling cauldrons and thunderous hot pots worth queueing for at Hansang’s new Chinatown outpost

The FOMOOWTOTIE (Fear Of Missing Out On What The Other Table Is Eating) is real at this family-run new Haymarket diner.

  • by Callan Boys
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Burrata, macerated tomatoes, aged balsamic vinegar, and basil at Brunetti Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Why burrata cheese is ‘a big, fat blob of boring’

Some foods are uninspiring. Luckily, we have fridges full of inspirational additives.

  • by Terry Durack
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