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Tim Elliott

Tim Elliott

Tim Elliott is a senior writer with Good Weekend.

Ant was at the peak of his career. Then it clicked: he had to put himself on the line

He’s been stalked by sharks, coughed up blood and nearly frozen his retinas – but Ant Williams had his reasons for chasing free-diving world records.

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The three-step method to suppress your body’s panic response to pain

You’ve had an accident, hours from help – and you’re seriously hurting. After panicking, how do you stare down a nightmare?

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Youtube footage gif of Molly Picklum wiping out at Teahupo’o, on the south-west coast of Tahiti, in 2023.

‘I don’t want to die’: How Molly Picklum survived the worst wipeout of her life

The surfing world champion is one of the sport’s most electric performers – but success has not come without her own “slaying the dragon” moments.

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Rookwood Cemetery.

Ocean views, quiet neighbours and a $165,000 price tag: The other property boom

Like Australia’s housing crisis, high demand and land scarcity have led to another accommodation crunch: we’re running out of grave sites to bury our dead.

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Bruno (left) and Otto Bell: As children, Bruno says, “we’d collect bags of leaves and come home and tip them onto the living-room floor; there was so much interesting stuff there.”

Bruno and Otto are identical twins. They’re also among Australia’s top weevil experts

Bruno and Otto Bell grew up in Tasmania obsessed with the natural world. They’re now renowned entomologists, specialising in weevils.

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Canine cosmonaut Laika rests comfortably inside the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 before being blasted into orbit in 1957.

How Laika was lost in space

The sad tale of Russia’s canine cosmonaut reflects humans’ history of subjecting dogs to pain and indignity.

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“If you’re being an idiot, I’m going to stare at you.”

Gen Z’s new weapon: The blank, zombie-like gaze that says ‘you’re an idiot’

It’s called the Gen Z stare, and it’s a thing.

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This is a doll. But she’s not made for child’s play

Just like a baby, without the nappy-changes or broken sleep. We look behind the “reborn doll” craze.

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Shamikh Badra (left), 38, and Mohammed Saleh: “When Mo arrived at Sydney airport it was like a dream,” Badra says, “as if Gaza had walked into the room.”

Mohammed asked Shamikh to save his family in Gaza. His friend went one better

After meeting on a Gaza beach as teenagers, Shamikh and Mohammed have been fighting for justice in Palestine – and for each other – ever since.

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This sounds obvious, but the house gets a lot quieter when your kids leave home. It’s boring.

This is the part of parenting no one warned me about

There’s plenty of advice for parents, but what no one tells you is how devastating it is when your kids leave home.

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