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Australian lifestyle

May 2025

  • Mother with baby looking out the window

    I’m losing my mum to young-onset dementia. Caring for my baby reminds me who she was

    Alexandra Hansen
  • The illustration highlights four boys sitting on a school fence looking away. Original image from Alamy.

    Kindness of strangers
    The kindness of strangers: I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me

  • Tracy Sorensen with her partner Steve Woodhall at home in Bathurst, NSW, Australia.

    The moment I knew
    The moment I knew: fire was lapping the trees near my house when he knocked on my door in uniform

  • Holly Wainwright (right) with her mothers group on one of their camping trips

    My mothers’ group goes camping every year. A lot has changed, but I’m grateful we still have each other

    Holly Wainwright
  • Walk with ...
    Hannah Kent: ‘I was kind of having a second adolescence’

  • Torte law: bakers are in a food fight over allegations of plagiarism – but who really owns a recipe?

  • Leading questions
    I’m considering dating again. Should I stop having sex with my ex?

  • Working in Australian polling places has restored my faith in humanity

    Louise Southerden
  • Natasha May

    Antiviral
    Stressed out and wondering if a ‘cortisol detox’ can help? Not so fast

    Natasha May
    Some changes being promoted as part of a ‘detox’ are good advice, but not everything will work for everyone – and some tips could actually be harmful
  • Pictured: overhead photo of a wooden table with seafood boil-up on a yellow platter and sliced oranges on a side plate. People's hands are reaching for the food.

    ‘Your own Viet-Cajun party’: Thi Le’s spicy seafood boil-up recipe

    Use any combination of seafood, says the Vietnamese Australian chef who owns Melbourne’s Anchovy, Ca Com and Jeow. When cooked, tip the lot on to a table and dig in
  • Nagi Maehashi in her kitchen

    RecipeTin Eats founder accuses Brooki Bakehouse of plagiarising recipes in popular cookbook

    Brooke Bellamy denies taking recipes from fellow cookbook author Nagi Maehashi, who said it felt like ‘blatant exploitation’
  • Senior man looking at the sea

    Signs of dementia or normal forgetfulness? How to tell the difference

  • Hard-boiled egg, partially peeled.

    Can you crack it? Science reveals the best way to peel a boiled egg

    Polly Burey
  • Levin wearing a light blue one-shoulder dress holding a cake in one hand and a fork with cake in the other

    Away with
    Away with Sofia Levin: ‘I tried raw pig’s blood soup. If it’s good enough for Bourdain, it’s good enough for me’

    The MasterChef judge and food writer on her most memorable meal, the Greek island she’s fallen in love with and her ultimate happy place
  • Man hitchhiking

    Kindness of strangers
    Kindness of strangers: I was stuck on the road while hitchhiking when a travelling circus helped me get home

    I tucked myself up and went to sleep outside a church. When I woke up I saw a strange convoy approaching
  • broken heart on smart phone screens

    Dating apps face a reckoning as users log off: ‘There’s no actual human connection’

    In Australia, dating apps have been hit with lawsuits and new regulation, while their profits are declining worldwide
  • An infinity pool with tangerine and white furnishings

    New renovations, retro vibes: reviving Australia’s rundown motels

    Buildings that once catered to 1950s road trippers are being transformed into boutique stays attracting a younger demographic
  • Asha Colless (left) and Tristan St John (right) at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA

    The moment I knew
    The moment I knew: standing on her shoulders, I was impressed she could bear my weight

    After training together for years, acrobats Tristan St John and Asha Colless realised their ability to support one another was more than just physical
  • Tim Flannery

    Walk with ...
    Tim Flannery: ‘What we’re seeing is the last gasp of the patriarchy’

    The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is ‘very hopeful’ humankind will survive the climate crisis
  • Painting: God Speed by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1900.

    Leading questions
    I want to start dating casually. How do I turn off the illogical, hopelessly romantic part of my brain?

    Are you responding to reality or possibility, asks advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Knowing the difference might help your better judgment win out
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