The April 15 Edition
Middle-aged. Middle-class. Underemployed. The white-collar club no one wants to join | Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert and comedian Sami Shah on impending parenthood | Podcaster Hugh van Cuylenburg on rejection and resilience | The case for arranged marriage | An unusual solution to insomnia | The son of Vietnamese refugees “returns” to the home country
Hassle-free dating: The case for arranged marriage
Having a partner picked for you is at odds with Western romantic ideals. But are the rest of us doing any better?
- Tim Elliott
‘I began to wonder – is this what belonging feels like?’
The Vietnam War pitted family members against each other. What happens when those who left meet those who stayed behind?
- Andre Dao
Why this BBC radio show sends me to sleep
The Shipping Forecast provides a soothing soporific for the insomniac.
- Grace Linden
‘What are you, a spy?’: When academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert met comedian Sami Shah
Kylie Moore-Gilbert spent two years imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges. She’s now expecting a baby with her partner, comedian Sami Shah.
- Jane Cadzow
How resilience expert Hugh van Cuylenburg copes with rejection
The wellbeing educator discusses his unsuccessful dating years and what he learned from them – and why his ideal death would be at the end of a 400-metre race.
- Benjamin Law
Should I get annoyed when I hear five Acknowledgments of Country in a row?
No – let’s face it, it’s the high point of most speeches.
- Danny Katz
Good Weekend indeed: Six fun things to do
What to watch, read, eat and buy: get ready for the weekend with these great diversions.
- Thomas Mitchell, Damien Woolnough, Jill Dupleix, Nicole Abadee, Frances Mocnik and Jane Cadzow
Are expensive wines worth the price?
From vineyard to restaurant table, there are many costs when it comes to producing a bottle of wine.
- Huon Hooke
The troll
Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: A son’s secret online life.
- Paul Connolly
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s yakisoba with pork belly and cabbage
This Japanese noodle stir-fry is quick, easy comfort food.
- < 30 mins
- Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh’s very apple-y hand pies
Using two varieties of apples adds wonderful flavour and texture to these turnovers, while apple cider vinegar makes the fruit somehow taste more of itself.
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh
- Review
- Promenade Bondi Beach
Sydney: Promenade Bondi
Bondi is spoilt for cushy dining spots with vaguely Mediterranean menus and ocean views, writes Callan Boys.
- Callan Boys
- Review
- Pancho
Ballarat: Pancho
With this authentic food and these drinks, I’d be eating here every week if it were in Melbourne.
- Besha Rodell
Good Weekend letters to the editor: April 15
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Other editions
The March 21 edition
Stephanie Alexander and The Cook’s Companion at 30 | Free-diver Ant Williams | Debra Adelaide and Gabrielle Carey | How to deliver a baby on a plane
- 11 stories
The March 14 edition
The high-strung, low-key world champ who could become our most-capped swimmer | Ukraine’s world-leading robotics work | Filmmaking at -50C | Consoling a friend
- 13 stories