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Life is a beautiful thing when it’s all going along swimmingly. The problem is, the actual living of it very rarely goes to plan. There are moments you think will be “nothing special” that can become your greatest triumphs, presenting opportunity, ex

When the Matildas huddled in a heart-shaped embrace after their loss to England, their own hearts would have been broken, but they had achieved something momentous. The FIFA Women’s World Cup showdown smashed all viewership records and changed women’

There’s a remote spot north of Waipū, on Northland’s Ruakākā Beach, that is a favourite of Duncan Garner’s. As a keen fisherman, it’s an area that the well-known broadcaster seeks out for the plethora of snapper and kahawai that swim there. It’s a pl

Our universe: The James Webb telescope set out to find answers, instead it uncovered more questions. Or rather, a question mark, spinning through space. US street artist Kaws (aka Brian Donnelly) has installed giant inflatable figures in Hong Kong,

It was May 30, 1936, when Princess Elizabeth first appeared on The Weekly’s cover. She was 10 years old and one of three royal children sharing the spotlight with a rather stern-looking, recently widowed Queen Mary, whose 69th birthday was being cele

Kerry Packer was not amused. He’d ordered a batch of pink-iced finger buns, his favourites, and eagerly awaited their delivery straight to his office. But when the treats with their soft white yeast dough, sultanas and shaved coconut arrived, they we

When I was younger and I pictured what my life would be like, I imagined myself living a pleasant, quiet sort of existence, working as a kindergarten teacher, which is what I was doing when I went to Bali for a holiday that would change everything. T

The Weekly’s 90th birthday couldn’t be celebrated properly without a shoot with Australia’s very own royal, Crown Princess Mary, at home in Frederik VIII’s Palace on Amalienborg Square in the heart of Copenhagen. I first met Mary and visited this inc

Our kids grew up believing that not only is “home where the heart is” but home is where – when you need to go there – they have to let you in and there will always be a bed/sofa/trampoline/couch/well-worn mattress/sleeping bag or rug to sleep on if y

“In the early 1900s, red lipstick was a way to show power without saying a word,” says Sarah Laidlaw. “And in the 1940s, it signified optimism.” A century later, it has become the Little Black Dress of beauty – atimeless classic that signifies confid

Find me a woman who doesn’t want to be judged as younger than the candles on her birthday cake. I will openly admit, I’m tickled pink if someone shaves a few years (any number will do at this point) off my chronological age. But now, stripped of the

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When you hear the word ‘betrayal’, is infidelity the first thought that comes to mind? That punch-in-the-gut emotional blow when life as you know it changes forever. It’s no wonder – affairs are a lot more common than most of us would like to think.

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This one-pot pasta technique is easy, but requires a bit of attention to move and turn the pasta to ensure it doesn’t clump together. We used a pasta shape called Fusilli Lunghi Bucati, but you can use any dried long pasta. If short on prep time us

As it happens, a dear friend just sent me a bottle of Tahu gin in remembrance of my father, who died recently. He was very partial to a G&T. How kind and so thoughtful. Cheers, Helen! Corrective eye surgery. Absolute game-changer and no more glasses

At 15 you don’t leave school and become a novelist. It was all I wanted to do since Dorothea Mackellar told me at age seven to put the stories I made up into a book one day. I left school at 15 as so many of us did back then. I floundered around doin