Try these six easy ideas to age-proof your memory, stop brain drain and think happier – and smarter. Express yourself: When you’re feeling blue, do-it-yourself art therapy can help you get to the core of whatever is causing your anger, grief, or other difficult emotion, and move forward. A Thomas Jefferson University study found that […]

Spring is magic. Blossoms, scents, vases crowded with roses, grass green, skies blue … the real challenge of spring is how to most enjoy it. So here are the six top spring essentials. 1. A new gardening hat This isn’t a ‘go to the races hat’ or a celebrity fashion statement, but a good garden […]

The cover of New York Magazine this month features a naked, pregnant, 50+ woman under the coverline: is she too old for this? Further down, the story asks: is there anything wrong with being 53 and pregnant? Related: I had a baby at 50 – without IVF The story taps into the controversy over older […]

In recent years, the cover of The Australian Women’s Weekly has been the territory of beautiful and glamorous celebrities – but in the 1970s puppies, kittens, Kermit the Frog and even a bizarre-looking robot were cover stars. The National Library of Australia recently digitised the first 50 years of The Weekly, and entire issues from […]

Paul McCartney married Nancy Shevell in a low-key ceremony at Marylebone Registry Office yesterday, 42 years after he married first wife Linda in the same venue. The former Beatles singer wed family friend Nancy – who he has been dating since 2007 – in front of 30 guests. The couple couldn’t stop smiling after the […]

Oprah Winfrey’s eponymous talk show aired for 25 years, but in all that time the TV star only had one major regret — her infamous “wagon of fat”. In the now-legendary ‘Diet Dreams Come True’ episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah donned a pair of size 10 Calvin Klein jeans and wheeled out a […]

Larry Emdur hit a career low withCelebrity Dog School, but the master of re-invention is now one of TV’s most loved hosts. It was not so long ago that Larry Emdur was the butt of jokes in Australian television circles. Finding himself jobless — yet again — after the axing ofWheel of Fortune, the TV […]

Central India has many dazzling places to visit, but the holy city of Varanasi, the "Kama Sutra" temples of Khajuraho and Panna National Park Tiger Reserve are not to be missed.

The Hypnotist’s Love Story, by Liane Moriarty, Macmillan Australia, $32.99. Australian author Liane Moriarty is a regular choice for our Great Read and with The Hypnotist’s Love Story she’s done it again. This is a gripping romance with a thriller edge that probes the rather in-vogue subject of stalking in an intriguing way. The tale […]

Tom Cruise stunned onlookers last weekend when he took part in an impromptu dance-off at his friend’s wedding – but it’s not the first time he’s embarrassed himself in public. The 49-year-old actor is famous for his questionable public behavior and never seems embarrassed by the mortifying things he does. From the infamous “couch jumping” […]