Now to Love

The Duchess of York opens her photo album and writes exclusively for Woman’s Day as Princess Beatrice turns 21 this week. “I felt very clearly this overwhelming love the minute Beatrice was placed in my arms — such joy to hold this incredible, beautiful being. Beatrice was born on the 8th of the 8th in […]

The nation was horrified by the 2007 starvation murder of a little red-haired girl we now know simply as Ebony. Glen Williams went in search of the tragic girl nobody knew. No-one around the tranquil holiday hamlets of Hawks Nest and the adjoining Tea Gardens on the NSW Mid North Coast remembers ever catching a […]

Ruth Frith asked for a home gym for her 96th birthday. This month she turns 100 ? and is the world’s oldest competitor in the Weight Pentathlon. Jo Knowsley reports. When Ruth Frith turns 100 later this month, she won’t be blowing out candles surrounded by loving family and friends … she’ll be trying to […]

There are many lessons to be learned from the global financial crisis. The good, the bad - here's what you can take away from it.

If you want to tip the scales in your favour, you should opt for an aerobic activity like a run or a walk that gets you huffing and puffing, rather than resistance training. According to a recent study from the UK’s Loughborough University, reported in the American Journal of Physiology, if you want to tip […]

Magazines feature new fad diets every week. Low fat, no carbs, South Beach Diet, cabbage soup diet, high fat, Atkins … are you confused? Fed up with all the hype and the fact you are still trying to lose weight? Read on.

Fraser Island is one of Australia’s great natural wonders and one of the best places in the Southern Hemisphere to see humpback whales

Magazines feature new fad diets every week. Low fat, no carbs, South Beach Diet, cabbage soup diet, high fat, Atkins … are you confused? Fed up with all the hype and the fact you are still trying to lose weight? Read on. Excess fat is your body’s way of building a handy storage of fuel […]

Research has shown that divorce and widowhood are detrimental to people’s long-term physical health, and getting re-married won’t help much. A study led by Professor Linda Waite of the University of Chicago examined the health histories of 8652 people aged between 51 and 61. Results showed that divorced people in the sample experience 20 percent […]

The talk show queen has anointed a new weight-loss expert, Dr David Katz. Find out what he says is the best way to battle the bulge. Fans of her show know that when Oprah Winfrey loves something, she’s quick to tell her viewers all about it. Whether it’s a product for her Favourite Things show, […]