A PhD candidate at a British university has hypothesised his chances of meeting Mrs Right are one in 285,000. Not very promising is it? A tongue-in-cheek paper written by Peter Backus at the University of Warwick used the Drake equation to determine his chances of meeting the love of his life. The formula was originally […]

Two days at the Shangri-la Fijian Resort and Spa left lifestyle writer Shonagh Walker in a quandary: just how many different words are there for paradise?

What women look for in a man used to be so clear-cut, but times-a-changing. So what are the ingredients for a perfect bachelor in 2010? Whether you’re single and on the lookout for a partner or attached but intrigued to see how your man matches up to the ‘ideal’ check out this recipe for the […]

One of the worst benevolences ever perpetrated on a generation of children was free milk at school — especially in Queensland where I grew up. Every child had to drink their small bottle of milk every morning. All morning we looked out of our classroom and watched the milk getting hotter and hotter under what […]

It’s berry time — time to eat mulberries or strawberries or loganberries or blueberries on sponge cakes for a Christmas treat. A strawberry-rich sponge cake is much lighter than a hunk of Christmas cake (though a rich fruitcake can’t be beaten in winter). Soon it will be planting time — and now is the best […]

Seven van Goghs in Canberra was once the stuff of dreams at the National Gallery of Australia until its director pulled off an incredible coup that brought 112 masterpieces to the gallery.

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Question: I am not sure how to use fresh ginger in cooking. Should I peel it before using? Ginger is a plant from tropical and subtropical regions. It is grown for its root, which is the part you buy in the shop. Much of the flavour of ginger is just under the skin, so if […]

A city that has survived millennia of conflict to be the complex and fascinating place it is today, Jerusalem is like no other place on earth.