Category: Lifestyle

In Pasi Sahlberg’s Sydney home, not all the schoolwork is being done. The deputy director of UNSW’s Gonski Institute for Education is in lockdown with two primary school aged children, and as the weeks of home learning drag on, classwork tasks are not always completed. “The kids just can’t do this every day,” he says. […]

Snack is a 10-year-old long-haired chihuahua. She enjoys sleeping on a comfy pillow, sneaking into the kitchen for stray bits of food and long walks – but only if she’s in the right mood. Snack is what adoption centres call a “senior rescue”. Her owner moved away, leaving her with an older relative who wasn’t […]

The door of my office shed is open to catch the sounds of the late summer morning: the bright ring of scaffolding poles being dropped on to the back of a lorry; someone power-washing lawn furniture; the intermittent thrum of a distant helicopter. Because of all these sounds, I do not hear the approach of […]

Poppy on LucyWhat were you hoping for?Sexual tension. First impressions?Who’s wearing more silver? I must win. What did you talk about?I think we covered it all: The Twits, nits and taxidermy were the most memorable topics. Any awkward moments?I did personally feel one brewing, but when that happens I chat over it and point out […]

The questions 1 What happened to Anna Bertha Röntgen’s hand in 1895?2 The supply of what is limited to 21 million?3 Which aid for singers was invented by Andy Hildebrand?4 What, in the National Gallery, is Whistlejacket?5 Moonrakers are natives of which county?6 Which pair debuted in I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato?7 […]

Working on the assumption that many of us are unsheathing our complexions and giving them a much‑needed public airing, I feel it’s time for a good skincare routine. People are usually surprised by how unchanging and relatively straightforward mine is, but it remains so because I strongly believe the skincare industry has encouraged far too […]

I left having children pretty much as late as it was biologically possible to do, and I quickly grew to recognise, if not entirely understand, a certain look – let’s say, boredom mixed with condescension topped off with wry amusement – sported by my friends, who had their children at far more sensible ages, when […]