life
life
travel December 13, 2025
Falling through time in Trieste
The Adriatic port city of Trieste, with its heady mix of Italian, Germanic and Slavic cultures, transcends nationhood to become the perfect place for self-exile.
fashion December 3, 2025
Westwood | Kawakubo at NGV International
Two of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century are finally brought together in an NGV show that compares their anarchic visions of dressing women.
life November 29, 2025
The comforts and conundrums of ageing
As the average life span extends ever closer to 100 years, and possibly more in the not too distant future, what are we to do with this extra time on Earth?
science November 22, 2025
Applying lessons from ecology to the beautiful game
Two Queensland evolutionary ecologists are applying lessons from the natural world to spot the next generation of Matildas stars.
life November 15, 2025
The real-life lessons of a rural retreat
The author’s plan for a sustainable rural retreat became a lesson in the difference between engagement and control, and a reminder of the city’s charms.
life November 8, 2025
Finding inspiration in Watership Down
In revisiting Richard Adams’s classic novel, Melanie Cheng recalls not only her first encounter with a beloved story, but the thrill for every reader of discovering their own.
life November 1, 2025
Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia
Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.
travel October 25, 2025
Silk Road smooth: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Bukhara’s first art biennial has turned the beguiling UNESCO-listed city in south-eastern Uzbekistan into a cultural hub.
health October 18, 2025
The realities of living with insomnia
For the one in 10 people suffering from insomnia, each night is a battle. The author shares her arsenal.
life October 11, 2025
Memories of a mother and sister are held in a cake baked each year in memoriam.
life October 4, 2025
Bob Brown’s pulmonary embolism
A pulmonary embolism has Bob Brown reflecting on mortality and whether it is right to push too hard against death.
