The best TV of the year – and the biggest disappointment
This year of TV has had something for everyone.
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How Angelina Jolie found her voice to play opera’s defining diva
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Theatre legend Tim Bray on cancer, chemo and the man who's holding him together
'Within myself, I still completely feel me.'
Boardroom to Burning Man: The transformation of Rob Fyfe
Rob Fyfe is a man who knows what he wants.
Greg Bruce: Why my kids’ foul mouths might not be such a big deal
OPINION: Are your kids swearing too much? Or just the right amount?
Moving out of the Bond era: The reintroduction of Daniel Craig
New York Times: His new role may surprise fans of the former Bond star.
MRI scans show ‘huge’ differences between male and female brains
A world-first study using imaging technology may explain the gender gap in mental health.
Michelle Yeoh on Wicked, warrior energy and turning heartbreak to hope
Times: It’s hard to believe there's anything the 62-year-old Oscar winner can’t do.
How Erin Routliffe went from rock bottom to world No 1
Twice, she nearly walked away from tennis forever. This year, she became world No 1.
‘My grandmother Vivienne Westwood was unhappy for years’
Times: Why Cora Corré is quitting her grandmother's label and denouncing the culture.
'I was dropped': Why Susan Sarandon may never act in a blockbuster again
Times: The actress thought her politics would never harm her career.
With Gladiator II, Ridley Scott returns to the arena
NYT: Director on rejected sequel ideas and working with a “fractious” Denzel Washington.
How tech created a ‘recipe for loneliness’
New York Times: Our are devices distancing us from real connections?
Joanna Wane: Every time you don’t wash your dishes, god kills a kitten
OPINION: In the office kitchen wars, nothing is off the table.
Through life and death: How Outward Bound forged an unbreakable bond of friendship
Two decades on, the surviving members of McKenzie Watch gather for their annual reunion.
Mikey Madison just wanted to break out of her shell. Then came Anora
NYT: Soft-spoken actress is winning raves for her turn as a feisty sex worker in Anora.
Greg Bruce: All the leading parenting styles, ranked
OPINION: Tiger, lighthouse, helicopter... a subjective power ranking of parenting styles.
Sex, horses and stately homes: Bringing a naughty British romance to TV
NYT: How Jilly Cooper tweaked some details to adapt her 1988 book for the streaming age.
Actor Laura Hill on playing an 'abomination of nature' and the cost for freedom
The former Shorty star on motherhood, marriage, and women who forge their own path.
The quick-witted, self-lacerating James Blunt would like a word
New York Times: James Blunt is back, and he's taking his music - and his haters - to task.
Patricia Cornwell: My tough childhood, murder and Nicole Kidman
Times: Bestselling author’s gutsy female pathologist is finally arriving on screen.
Greg Bruce: Why I traded my iPhone for an android
OPINION: After a lifetime of iPhone use, switching to a Samsung changed Greg Bruce's life.
Melinda French Gates’ new life: Abortion politics and Kamala Harris
New York Times: Post-divorce, French Gates could do whatever she chose with her money.
She was diagnosed with brain cancer, then wrote a rom-com about it
NYT: Author packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into new book.
The 3-minute orgasm: A Kiwi scientist on reversing libido loss at menopause
Dr Iona Weir talks about putting her own product to the test.
Bree Tomasel on her ADHD, anxiety, panic attacks, two mental breakdowns and coming out 'shitshow'
The TV and radio star's raw and revealing new book tells a story of terror and suffering.
How much does it cost to hire a hitman? About the same as having an IVF baby
A new book looks at the dollar value placed on human life - and who gets to decide.
Kelsey Grammer analyses 40 years of Frasier: ‘I have nothing to regret’
NYT: He's been playing the snobby psychiatrist since 1984 - and has no plans to stop.
Opinion: Is it okay to be happy when the world is falling apart?
OPINION: When will I be happy? That's a trick question.
How Alone Australia's Gina Chick became the barefoot goddess of post-menopausal women
Her compelling new memoir on surviving life, love and unbearable loss.