Hit songs, happy marriage, good causes: Has Bono found what he’s looking for?
Grief, glory, strange bedfellows and stranger revelations: U2’s Bono shares an intimate chat at home with a childhood friend.
- Mariella Frostrup
From IGA to the ARIAs – via Glastonbury and Gucci: Amy Taylor’s rockin’ rise
Dubbed ‘the love child of Bon Scott and Chrissy Amphlett’, Amyl and the Sniffers’ punk feminist singer is rocking the world with her expletive-laden polemics.
- Konrad Marshall
‘The worst kind of torture’: Why more over-40s are taking up extreme sports
Once the domain of young runners, ultramarathon events are fast becoming the go-to challenge for older people – particularly women.
- Sarah Berry
Footballers with handbags, Harry Styles in frocks: The stylist changing how men dress
By putting celebrity clients in jumpsuits, sequins and feather boas, Harry Lambert challenges mainstream ideas around masculinity. His motivation: to be joyful.
- Anna Murphy
‘Tam is Hermès; I’m more Marni’: A design duo’s deep bond
Childhood friends jewellery designer Lucy Folk and interior designer Tamsin Johnson share “a very special energy” – despite their fashion differences.
- Nicole Abadee
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.
- Stephanie Wood
‘It has to be destroyed’: Darren Hayes on the music that will die with him
The former Savage Garden frontman on why his unfinished work will be buried with him, the cost of coming out, and his respect for today’s young gay artists.
- Benjamin Law
- Recipe collection
Good Weekend's Christmas menu for 2022
We've got you covered this Christmas Day with these creative, delicious – and stress-free – dishes from Good Weekend's recipe columnists. Just add a dollop of joy.
- Opinion
- Opinion
I finally found a wellness retreat I didn’t want to retreat from
Not all wellness retreats are about colonics, calisthenics and green juice.
- Amelia Lester
Read all about it: Good Weekend’s Christmas reading guide
Page-turning pleasure for all literary tastes.
- Nicole Abadee
The Good Weekend Christmas gift guide 2022
All is calm and all is bright on the holiday-shopping front – when you pick up these innovative, inspirational ideas.
- Frances Mocnik
- Review
- Victoria
Melbourne: Stella
I can't stop thinking about the sublime crab pasta served at this luxe, multi-level restaurant, writes Dani Valent.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Sydney
Sydney: The Bar at Oncore
Fried chicken, caviar, champagne and sweeping views of the harbour are a perfect Sydney afternoon to add to your summer must-do list.
- Callan Boys
‘I felt down my spine the hands of Bernard Arnault’s bodyguard’
A former editor of Vogue Australia reflects on her “own golden hour in Paris”.
- Marion Hume
A watch that’s water-resistant for kilometres? Why makers are digging deep
Their features may be more poetic than practical, but the latest luxury-watch models demonstrate more than just their potential.
- Luke Benedictus
‘Fashion has a purpose in the First Nations space’
Denni Francisco is spearheading change and a rising awareness of First Nations inventiveness in the fashion industry with her award-winning label, Ngali.
- Lenny Ann Low
Will using Viagra ever be worth the wait?
Our Modern Guru’s advice? There’s plenty you can do during the countdown period.
- Danny Katz
Bathroom break
Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: A moment alone.
- Paul Connolly
Good Weekend Talks: Uncomfortable conversations? No problem. Chatting with punk feminist Amy Taylor
On this episode of Good Weekend Talks, the Amyl and The Sniffers lead singer talks about meeting the PM, music-industry sexism – and men who care.
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