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Jim Christie and his daughter, Julianne, in his workshop.

Julianne moved in with her ‘old-school’ father during the pandemic. She never left 

When she was a child, Julianne Christie, an economist turned gilder, found her dad reserved. Living together in the NSW Southern Highlands has changed all that.

  • Jane Cadzow

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Martin Luther King III remembers his father playing baseball, taking him bike-riding and teaching him to swim.

Martin was 10 when his father’s death rocked the world. This is the message he has for kids today

The son of internationally celebrated civil rights activist Dr Martin Luther King jnr on Indigenous affairs, the current state of the US and living your legacy.

  • Amanda Hooton
Jade May: “The belief that chronic illness and sensuality can’t coexist stayed with me well into adulthood.”

11 of the best Sunday Life reads on love and loss in 2025

From a son’s fierce love and dating in midlife to sex between friends and tales from inside an escort agency, these are the stories that struck a chord with readers.

One of cricket’s crown jewels.

The 30-year quest to find a priceless Ashes treasure

The story behind this silver ashtray is cricket’s greatest controversy.

  • Nick Hoult
The author and her father during their trip to Nepal.

I left my husband and kids at home to go trekking with my dad. It changed our relationship

We’d struggled to have deep conversations, until we were alone, thousands of miles from home.

  • Susan Reoch
Each year at Christmas, Tanya’s family throw out ideas for the next year’s theme, making sure it’s budget-friendly and appropriate for all ages.

It began as a joke but Tanya’s family keeps up this quirky Christmas tradition

The festive season is a time for observing traditions – no matter how personal or unusual.

  • Shona Hendley
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From left: Sean, his sister Samantha and brother Steven as children with Santa.

One year, my mother ‘cancelled’ Christmas. Then something magical happened

As adults, we can be a bit obsessed with the perfect day. But this is what our kids really want.

  • Sean Szeps
Superstar couple: Nathan Cleary and Mary Fowler.

‘I want to be a father’: Nathan Cleary echoes Mary Fowler’s sentiments on the future

Nathan Cleary discusses his dream of starting a family with Mary Fowler and his future beyond 2027.

  • Michael Chammas
Kathy Hodgson is fighting to have her birth certificate changed.

A false birth certificate and a DNA test: Kathy’s fight to have her real identity recognised

On top of the trauma of discovering she is adopted, Kathy Hodgson is battling bureaucracy to overturn an official lie.

  • Claire Moodie
Blake Johnston: “I’m a lot like Mum in that I’m sensitive and empathetic.”

In a world of toxic masculinity, this is how I’m raising my sons to be good men

Mental-health advocate and surfer Blake Johnston says his world-record surf was inspired by his own dad’s struggles.

  • Robyn Doreian