Real life
More of us are living alone – but it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re lonely
If I was inclined to, I could walk around the house nude, without even a sock to mar my eruption of atavism. But I’m not inclined to.
- Anson Cameron
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Have we all traded our anonymity for convenience?
Paranoia about being watched much of the time no longer feels like the ramblings of just tin-hatted conspiracy theorists.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why women are obsessed with Nadia Bartel, and men will never get it
When news broke this week that the influencer has listed her Windsor home for sale, the story went nuts. Everyone raced to have a good old sticky beak.
- Kate Halfpenny
An upside of the ubiquity of mobile phones? Fewer public displays of anger
Public outbursts have, happily, become an archaic, almost obsolete, tool of social leverage.
- Anson Cameron
- Explainer
- Health
Bunions, corns, plantar fasciitis: How to nail foot trouble before it’s too late
Some people get the “ick” over feet. Yet problems such as corns and callus are very common. Here’s what causes them as well as the painful condition known as “jogger’s heel”.
- Madeleine Heffernan
- Explainer
- Friendship
What’s the secret to a well-rounded life? These researchers have a theory
Whether it’s crafting or learning to play a ukulele, a hobby can boost your mental health and improve your ability to focus. Here’s why.
- Angus Holland
- Opinion
- Opinion
I have visited every country in the world. Here’s what hurt and what made my soul soar
Fewer than 500 people (including about 10 Australians) have had the privilege of doing this, according to a group that verifies people’s claims, including mine.
- Andrew MacLeod
- The year that changed me
- Life & relationships
How I got out of maths, performed at Sidney Myer Music Bowl and changed the way I hear the world
Going from my rowdy suburban school into the state band was a joy, even if I didn’t play for Princess Diana like the rest of my bandmates.
- Carolyn Webb
- Opinion
- Style
The hunger for beach property has spilled onto the dunes. Cabanas are an ‘up yours’ to equity
This summer has been a point of no return for the humble beach ambler. If you can’t see our beaches as a shared egalitarian natural resource you can get cabana’d.
- Jacinta Parsons
Nazis at the door: The night my family was torn apart, and how their town honoured them
Tracing their mother’s story from a Slovakian village to the death camps of Poland, Rachelle Unreich and her sisters set down stones of remembrance – and found defiance, triumph and kinship.
- Rachelle Unreich