Now to Love

Many politicians argue that they have God on their side, but these days former NSW minister Reba Meagher actually does, writes Jordan Baker. Politicians can struggle to reinvent themselves after a career in the public eye — their reputations have taken a battering and their main qualifications are arguing across a dispatch box and giving […]

Nick and Heather Gleeson have both been blind since childhood, but that has not stopped them striking out on their own, travelling the world and raising two children. Here, they share their remarkable story. When I was seven, I was hit on the head by a door in the supermarket. It was a few days […]

Thousands of Australian men and women are turning to professional matchmakers to find love. Jordan Baker talks to some of these real-life Cupids about the man-drought myth, why some dates don’t work and how they make love happen. Playing Cupid is a tricky business, as Mary Mitchell can attest. A client sued the Irish matchmaker […]

They lost a total of almost 100kg on TV and their love was growing by the day… or so we all thought. With a truly incredible transformation and their whole lives ahead of them, Leigh Westren and Lara Whalan were dubbed the “hot couple” on this year’s The Biggest Loser. Openly talking about their plans […]

She’s super-stylish now but the actress felt anything but glamorous when she was young. With her flowing flame locks and a statuesque physique perfect for showcasing the lastest designer fashions on the red carpet, Nicole Kidman has long been one of Hollywood’s leading style icons. So it may come as quite a surprise to hear […]

She stole the show at the royal wedding, but soon she may be heading down the aisle as a bride herself. From the moment she stepped from the car outside Westminster Abbey in that revealing bridesmaid’s frock, all eyes were on Pippa Middleton. But it seems she may have kept one secret tucked up her […]

Royal biographer Christopher Wilson gives us an intimate peek inside their marriage. On her way to her post-wedding party, after four hours alone with her new husband Prince William inside Clarence House, the newly named Duchess of Cambridge flexed her royal muscle for the very first time. Approaching a photographer who was snapping away at […]

The no-fuss food judge has all the ingredients to be a successful parent. From the outside, George Calombaris’s house is just like any other in the stylish Melbourne street he calls home – but once you step through the front gate it’s immediately obvious this is the home of the popular MasterChef judge. Even before […]

It’s a photo that captures the outback spirit. More than 50 years after The drover’s wife was taken, Glen Williams heads to the Northern Territory to find out what became of the young couple. For the last 53 years, her hauntingly beautiful eyes have stared out from a distant, sepia world. There is something in […]

Once upon a time cosmetic surgery was taboo; reserved for the rich or the vain. If you’d had it, you didn’t admit it and you certainly never questioned your flat-chested colleague who came back from “visiting the relatives” with ample double Ds. Things have definitely progressed over the past 10 years. Okay, so maybe it’s […]