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Stephanie Wood

Stephanie Wood

Stephanie Wood is a freelance writer.

Women are flipping the script on romance in midlife.

Rachel spent five years ‘quiet quitting’ her marriage. Her husband didn’t see it coming

Whether single, divorced or “subconsciously uncoupling”, a growing number of women of a certain age – and means – are rethinking their romantic relationships.

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David Jones, where 1960s society ladies would buy gloves or perfume and perhaps head upstairs for lunch

Myer and DJs elicit fond memories. Will they do the same for Gen Z?

With online shopping and specialist boutique rivals wooing customers away from their long-adored floors, retailers are trying new moves to keep the flame alive.

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Indie-pop singer Jem Cassar-Daley with her grandmother Dell.

‘It has a soul’: While the hammer falls on more old pianos, diehard fans persist

Once a proud possession, the upright piano – despite a recent heart-warming TV series celebrating its street players – is being binned.

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Gut health, glamping, druids … Whatever your passion, there’s a newsletter for it

The online platform Substack is giving a vast array of writers a voice. Some of them even earn an income from it.

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Divorce, inheritance, indecision: The human stories behind the $2b storage-unit boom

In our modern, hyper-consumerist world, we all have too much stuff. And where we store it holds a multitude of revelations.

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Wood with Asher Keddie, who plays Birdie, the character based on Wood. Keddie, a co-producer, was the “rocket fuel that sent the series into orbit”.

Toxic ex gets the TV treatment: ‘Now it’s Asher Keddie in his arms, not me’

From a traumatic relationship came a Good Weekend cover story, then a book, and now, a TV series – proving all happy endings don’t look the same.

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The stuff of Hollywood Thrillers: people with personality disorder are more prevalent than most of us might imagine.

Narcissists, sociopaths et al: Loved on screen, loathed (and misunderstood) in life

Personality disorders wreak havoc on a startling number of us – from the afflicted to those around them. So why aren’t they better understood?

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Swimming with the speckled giants of Triton Bay, Indonesia

West Papua’s whale sharks, high-flying in Vietnam, rewilding in India... South-East Asia’s travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.

  • Julie Miller, Juliette Jameson, Nina Karnikowski, Kerry van der Jagt, Stephanie Wood, Melissa Fyfe and Ben Groundwater
Sydney Fish Market guide, Alex Stollznow, can calm an agitated lobster by stroking its body from back to front.

When you’re shelling out for lobster, expert hands help

Do you know your eastern rock lobster from your southern? Could you kill one at home? A writer faces up to what goes on behind the scenes.

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“The trend cycle is so rapid ... you don’t see any videos on Couch Guy any more, you don’t see anybody talking about Couch Guy any more.” 

Staying cool: For the TikTok generation, it requires relentless commitment

Being up-to-date with the fast-changing trends, catchphrases and memes of the TikTok generation can be challenging – even for the under-25s themselves.

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