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The September 24 Edition

Grace Tame exclusive: rage, love and wresting back control | The stylish Spender sisters | A hardcore fitness phenomenon with a Hollywood twist | British Vogue’s Edward Enninful on an ‘agonising’ health shock | The Tassie sparkling coming for champagne | Artist Lindy Lee rolls Ben Law’s dice

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“If you’re looking for a shortcut, you’re never going to get fit,” says Chris Feather .

From a Guinness with Russell Crowe to a hardcore fitness biz

With his push-it-to-the-limits training regimen – and a few free kicks from the Hollywood star – Chris Feather has built an unlikely fitness cult.

  • Luke Benedictus
“People assume many things about me based on the way I look ,” Tame writes in her memoir. “... I’m not sure whether I was seen to be an easy target, a soft touch, a belt-notch, a good story or someone who would have sexual knowledge beyond their years.”

‘Rage saved my life in the end’: Grace Tame on not backing down

Difficult or direct? Rude or just lacking pretence? Grace Tame talks about the events that shaped her, her upcoming memoir – and why she won’t smile on cue.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Ed Carr’s winemaking creed: deep roots, dogged patience and time – long spans of it – have paid off.

‘What the ...?’: The Tassie sparkling coming at champagne

A warming planet is spurring Tasmania’s reputation for producing stellar sparkling wine, led by an unlikely rock star winemaker.

  • Luke Slattery
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A champion hypochondriac, Edward Enninful felt pure dread at what medical staff told him: “Would I become as invisible to the world as the world would become to me?”

How Rihanna helped UK Vogue’s Edward Enninful handle an ‘agonising’ health shock

Six years ago, Edward Enninful was incandescent with professional success. In private, he was terrified as a shock diagnosis threatened to shake up his world.

  • Edward Enninful

‘Thank you, White Australia Policy’: Artist Lindy Lee on her Brisbane childhood

The visual artist talks about growing up in 1950s and ’60s Australia, her $14 million NGA commission – and why marriage isn’t for the faint-hearted.

  • Benjamin Law

‘You need a haircut’: Bianca and Allegra Spender’s blunt love

Sisters Allegra and Bianca Spender are close, but working together in the family business founded by their mother, Carla Zampatti, tested their bond.

  • Nicole Abadee

Good Weekend Talks: ‘Call me whatever you like’: Grace Tame on taking back control

The 2021 Australian of the Year talks frankly about personal struggles and new victories – and why changing just one word can be absolutely “huge”.

  • Jacqueline Maley

I made my friend soup. Why did she share it with her dog?

First mistake: a gift of soup. The second: making it pea and ham, writes our Modern Guru.

  • Danny Katz
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Is it time to rethink workwear?

Clothing designers are as rusty as the rest of us on what constitutes work-appropriate ensembles.

  • Amelia Lester

Why the Gilda is the snack to stick to

People love food on a stick and the Gilda is having a moment as restaurateurs realise these types of snacks make their customers thirsty for more.

  • Terry Durack
He wears Calvin Klein suit, $599, and dress shirt, $90, from David Jones; Van Heusen tie, $40; Omega “Seamaster Diver 300M 42MM” watch, $8250; R.M. Williams “Comfort Craftsman” boots, $649. She wears Kate Ford “Dahlia” blouse, $395, and skirt, $475; 
La Boheme headband, $28; Arms of Eve pearl and tiger-eye beaded necklace, $120; Loewe Flamenco clutch, $3300; Zara heels, $90.

Spring 2022: Bold prints and bright blooms are the picks of the season

Blossoming, bright and beautiful: fresh picks from spring’s fashion harvest.

From left to right: JFK’s Omega Slimline, Paul Newman and his Rolex Daytona, Adolf Hitler’s Huber wristwatch.

A mystery collector bought Adolf Hitler’s watch. Who would do that?

What drives the obsession to own a well-known person’s watch?

  • Luke Benedictus

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble

Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: Living it up.

  • Paul Connolly
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Good Weekend Quiz

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge.

Photograph by Ben Dearnley (photographer on contract, no restrictions)
EASY

Helen Goh’s easy-peasy pea pastizzi

These beloved savoury Maltese pastries are traditionally made with a special flaky dough that requires rolling and resting over a couple of days.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Roast pumpkin and cous cous salad.
EASY

Karen Martini’s spiced pumpkin, date, almond and moghrabieh salad

It’s the dressing, featuring toasted, flaked almonds and chilli, that makes this salad really sing.

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Gildas pintxos bar in Surry Hills, Sydney.
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Sydney: Gildas

This smart-casual pintxos bar is a chance to experience the cooking of Firedoor chef Lennox Hastie in a more accessible format.

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March bar in Collingwood.
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Melbourne: March

March borrows a huge amount of its DNA from the hushed, exacting standards of its fine dining sibling, Ides, but is far more accessible.

  • Besha Rodell

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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