Good Weekend
'These children need to be loved': Geraldine Cox on staring down her darkest days
Having spent two decades caring for Cambodia’s orphans, Geraldine Cox has become accustomed to adversity. Just as well, given she has faced her biggest challenge.
- by Sue Williams
Latest
Anti-vaxxer movement
How one hippie town became the anti-vaxxer capital of Australia
Anti-vaccination fervour has taken off around the globe, with dire consequences for public health. Ground zero for this kind of thinking in Australia is Mullumbimby.
- by Tim Elliott
'The emotion I associate with him is dread.'
A son recalls the abusive father he hasn’t spoken to for more than a decade – and how he’s determined to rise above his upbringing.
- by Mulk Anand*
'I love finding humour in broken places': Laura Dern on playing 'messy' women
Whether she’s screaming with fear, flying into a rage or bursting into tears, Big Little Lies actor Laura Dern’s no-holding-back style means the roles keep coming.
- by Christine Smallwood
Wellbeing
About to send a furious email? Consider this first
Writing a strongly worded email then saving it in your drafts folder might be the best way to vent your spleen while avoiding unnecessary conflict.
- by Mira Adler-Gillies
Two of Us
Two of us: Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius take centre stage
A Melbourne theatre collaboration spanning 30 years and focusing on class and gender issues is attracting international recognition.
- by Susan Horsburgh
Dicey topics
Dicey Topics: Tim Soutphommasane on bodies, death and politics
The political theorist and human rights advocate who is a professor in Sydney discusses the topics we are told to keep quiet.
- by Benjamin Law
Helen Goh's Kaiserschmarrn
The "Kaiser" here refers to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, who loved this "messy" pancake so much it was named after him.
- by Helen Goh
German gem: follow your nose to Quedlinburg and leave the tourist trail behind
One of Germany's best-preserved medieval cities delights in unexpected ways.
- by Ute Junker
Foreign correspondence
Foreign Correspondence: The etiquette of protests
Marching in the streets is good democratic hygiene. And much like other hygiene practices, it's someone else's affair – unless you sparked the unrest.
- by Amelia Lester
Spotlight
Spotlight: Meet fashion's next wave – over-60s models
The silver-fox trend is having a moment on the runways with the likes of Maye Musk, Nicola Griffin and Jan de Villeneuve.
- by Greg Callaghan