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This managing director caught a 300kg marlin – and threw it back
During the week, Henrik Isaksson runs the local arm of podcasting giant Acast. On the weekend, he’s into casting of a very different kind.
- Michael Bailey
The brand to which our watch editor is surprisingly addicted
“I’ve succumbed to the charms of a cheapie as a cheery alternative.”
- Bani McSpedden
Meet the man at the helm of design icon Molteni&C
Vincent Van Duysen, the visionary creative director of Italian design powerhouse Molteni&C, opens the door to his personal spaces.
- Stephen Todd
This Perth artist is about to be showcased at Design Miami
Olive Gill-Hille will exhibit her timber sculptures at the highly influential event in December.
- Michael Bleby
The Sydney-born solution to NYC’s paragon of inefficiency
Architect Ben Berwick’s modular glazing system for saving energy costs is more than window dressing.
- Matthew Drummond
This Month
The luxury watches that insiders were talking about in Geneva
The biggest and best competed for attention at the year’s largest horological fair, although true surprises were the exception.
- Simon De Burton
- Opinion
- Style
Has the ‘memeification’ of fashion gone too far?
Luxury brands are capitalising on pop culture moments, but it could turn fashion into a joke.
- Lauren Sams
The luxury watches people are buying even as the cost of living bites
At a time of tightened spending, high-end labels are showing what it takes to bring attention back to the wrist.
- Bani McSpedden
About Time Watch Weekend to return in September
Fifteen of the world’s top manufacturers of mechanical watches will showcase their latest timepieces in Sydney and Melbourne.
- Matthew Drummond
June
This Australian chef is the first to win three Michelin stars
After being plucked from near-obscurity at just 23, Brett Graham has hit the heights of global gastronomy. Now he’s turning his attention back to the farm.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Acclaimed restaurant duo Ross and Sunny Lusted to open in Melbourne
The globetrotting couple behind Sydney’s acclaimed Woodcut are heading south for their latest restaurant venture, Marmelo.
- Jill Dupleix
- Jill Dupleix
- Food
‘The most exciting thing about Australian cuisine right now’
The eternal quest to define “modern Australian” cuisine, and how the answer was right next to our chopsticks.
- Jill Dupleix
- Exclusive
- Olympics
‘Visionary, out there, no tie’: Meet the man who runs the Olympics
IOC executive director Christophe Dubi loves the Games. He’s about to find out if he’s guaranteed their future.
- Zoe Samios
Luxury travellers are swapping planes for trains – here’s why
Nostalgia for a slower era has travellers returning to rail, and operators are responding by dialling up the glamour.
- Brook Turner
An insider’s guide to sake – and how to buy Japan’s best
A journey exploring the wild side of the traditional Japanese drink, and meeting those who make it, offers fresh perspectives on the fermented rice brew.
- Max Allen
The California wine hot spot that locals have only just discovered
The little-known Santa Ynez Valley behind Santa Barbara offers a delicious mix of ambitious restaurants and small-town vibes.
- Maria Shollenbarger
Why everyone hands this CEO the wine list at restaurants
Not everyone can tell the grape variety, age and region of a wine – but advertising executive Michael Rebelo has the sommelier certificate to prove it.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
The slick design on show inside Martin Place’s new metro
Designing the station below the city’s “civic heart” was a three-dimensional puzzle, says its architect. Which makes the feeling of calmness inside all the more remarkable.
- Stephen Todd
The under-the-radar watch brands worth your time
Can’t get your hands on a Rolex, Patek Philippe or Audemars Piguet? Try one of these lesser-known timepieces as your next must-have.
- Bani McSpedden
Wedgwood smashes tradition
Flamboyant designer Charles Jeffrey’s take on the brand’s traditional jasperwear might have upset purists, but a new generation of consumers lapped up the collection.
- Benjamen Judd
The sixth generation is making its mark on this 175-year-old business
Yalumba’s Jessica Hill-Smith is among a new wave of women taking the reins in the wine industry.
- Max Allen
- Opinion
- Style
Instagram and TikTok are threatened, so fashion is switching channels
Snap, Pinterest and Substack are poised to pick up where other social media platforms once dominated.
- Lauren Sams
May
- Exclusive
- Rich Listers
Australia’s wealthiest 200 now control $625b
Technology is back, resources rode a roller coaster and property growth returned, giving Australia’s Rich Listers an 11pc boost to their total fortune.
- Updated
- Yolanda Redrup and Michael Bailey
- No.107
- Rich Listers
From refugee to Rich Lister: the incredible journey of Charlie Shahin
Shahin was born in Lebanon where his family, as Palestinian refugees, couldn’t own land. Now he has bought a million-acre NT cattle station.
- Updated
- Larry Schlesinger
How the Turner women are creating a legacy beyond Flight Centre
Graham Turner may have turned Flight Centre into a household name, but wife Jude and daughter Jo have a different approach to business.
- Yolanda Redrup
