We’re all guilty of flicking through our friends’ holiday snaps on Facebook, but how much do we let it affect us? Have you felt little pangs of jealousy when you saw how much better a Facebook friend’s vacation looked than yours? How their clothes looked more expensive and their hair more glamorous? Their children seemed […]

Remember the most popular girl in school? Not the too-cool one who teased all the boys, but the one who was smart, funny, always humble, and floated from group to group because she was everyone’s best friend. You know those people, the super-lovely ones you almost want to hate but couldn’t possibly. Amina El Shafei […]

She’s only 10 months old, but Valentina Guerrero is already a superstar. The gorgeous little girl shot to fame over the weekend when she became the first person with Down syndrome to front a major fashion campaign. Valentina is the face of Spanish swimwear designer Dolores Cortes’ new children’s collection, modelling a range of cute […]

From the moment Karise Eden stepped onto the stage and into our living rooms as a contestant on The Voice, she captivated the country — not only with her remarkable talent, but with her compelling back story. We came to learn that even though she was only 19, her life had already been marred by […]

News organisations agree they need to do more to attract women readers. The question is — what? Jordan Baker talks to Australia’s leading newspaper publishers and editors. Garry Linnell, editorial director at Fairfax, admits that newspapers have failed women readers in the past. Until about five years ago, he says, “there was a fairly large […]

When politician Craig Thomson was publicly accused of using his union credit card to pay for prostitutes, his wife Zoe Arnold was expecting their first baby. Three years, a wedding and two children after the first allegations were made, Zoe has written a passionate defence of her beleaguered husband in the August issue of the […]

It’s been a big year for the Rudd family. With Kevin Rudd and Thérèse Rein’s son Nicholas’ wedding in April, and the birth of their first granddaughter to daughter Jessica in May, beaming new grandmother Thérèse struggles to even recall the tough times that befell them earlier in the year. “When did we take a […]

Picador bid high on Tigers in Red Weather winning an eight-way international auction to land a six-figure two book deal with author Liza Klaussman, the descendant of Moby Dick author Herman Melville.

A 10-month-old girl with Down syndrome is the new face of a designer swimwear campaign. Valentina Guerrero, from Miami, Florida, made her fashion debut modelling one-piece swimsuits for Spanish designer Dolores Cortes. Related: Having a daughter with Down syndrome changed my life She is the first person with Down syndrome to be chosen to front […]

Here at The Weekly, we love the British. Our love is on show every month, in our coverage of the Royal family, our nod to their stews and pies in our food pages, and in our frequent tributes to the likes of Dame Judi Dench, Helen Mirren and Colin Firth. We even have a British […]