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Some of 2020's best TV shows included Stateless, Halifax Retribution, I May Destroy You, The Test, Normal People and High Fidelity. 

Best in show: what we watched, binged, laughed and cried about in 2020

The pandemic kept us glued to TV more than ever; our panel of TV critics has selected the best shows of the year, most of which can still be viewed on demand.

  • Debi Enker, Michael Idato, Paul Kalina, Kylie Northover and Louise Rugendyke

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The best books of 2020, including those by Hilary Mantel, Roddy Doyle, Richard Flanagan, Meg Mundell, Pip Williams, Dervla McTiernan, Alex Miller and Sofie Laguna.

The books authors loved to read in a year of living precariously

We asked writers from home and overseas to tell us about their favourite books from this year.

In the long months at home, the sneaker was our friend. Walking was one of our few freedoms; it behoved us to wear comfortable shoes while we did it.

If comfort is the legacy of pandemic fashion, where do heels fit in?

There's a battle under way for our post-lockdown feet, with one Australian brand hoping to take on the big guns of Nike and Adidas.

  • Melissa Singer
Paul McCartney celebrates his 22nd birthday in Sydney, during The Beatles tour of Australia, in 1964.

Beatlemania, a love language that stands the test of time

The Beatles broke up 50 years ago, but their music remains embedded in the fabric of pop culture and for many Australian families, is the glue that has both bonded – and tested them.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris
Jemma Rix (left) and Courtney Monsma in rehearsals for Frozen the Musical. 

Sweat linings and 14,000 beads: How Frozen the Musical made it to Sydney

How do you transport a musical from New York to Haymarket? Is it simply a matter of packing a few crates and throwing them on a ship? Not quite.

  • Louise Rugendyke
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How your internal body clock affects sleep quality each night

The pandemic presented an unusual opportunity for people to get a sense of their own circadian preference, resulting in some Australians sleeping better.

  • Julia Naughton
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From real estate to beloved royal: Princess Mary’s real-life fairy tale, 20 years on

It’s the classic Australian tale: girl meets boy in pub and love blossoms. Only this boy is the heir to Europe’s oldest throne. Twenty years on, revisit the fairy tale that captured the world and saw Mary Donaldson make history as Denmark’s future queen.

  • Julia Naughton
Returning to exercise can be painful. But there's good reason for it.

How exercise changes your body after a day, a week, a month, a year

Getting back into an exercise regime is rarely pleasant. But from the moment you start, your body begins complex processes to rebuild its fitness.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Nick Cave early years

‘Trouble seemed to be part of my DNA’: Nick Cave on his teenage years

In an extract from the soon-to-be-released Boy on Fire, the boy from Wangaratta faces a turning point.

  • Mark Mordue
"The more you do" - longer, faster, or more frequent runs - "the easier those runs will become," says Philo Saunders, senior physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sport.

I started jogging again after eight years – it's been life-changing

My exercise regimen fell off a cliff once my original motivation for long-distance running disappeared. The fix was surprisingly easy.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris

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