Royal portrait shoots are usually a very stuffy affair, complete with stiff poses, starched collars and perfectly-coiffed hair. But the Danish royal family dispensed with formality last week, posing for a series on casual photographs in the grounds of their summer estate Grasten Castle. Related: Meet Princess Mary’s twins Crown Princess Mary, her husband Crown […]

Despite weeks of furious denials, rugby player Braith Anasta and actress Jodi Gordon are, in fact, engaged. And they’re not afraid to put a hefty price tag on the story. Braith and Jodi were reportedly paid $140,000 to share their engagement news in New Idea’s current issue. They discussed the proposal and their romance in […]

A toy that allows children to simulate breastfeeding is causing controversy ahead of its US launch this week. The Breast Milk Baby, manufactured by Spanish toy company Berjuan, was originally called Bebe Gloton which translates to “greedy baby.” Aimed at little girls, the baby doll is programmed to make sucking sounds and motions when it […]

If you’re thinking about having a baby, it’s not just your reproductive health and your partner’s sperm quality you have to take into account — it’s the state of your liver too. According to a study from the University of Milan, published in Cell Metabolism, oestrogen receptors in your liver are crucial for maintaining fertility. […]

Kate Middleton has received yet another prestigious title, now recognised by Vanity Fair as one of the best dressed women in the world. The Duchess of Cambridge joined the magazine’s coveted International Best Dressed list following a succession of sartorial wins on her recent tour of North America with Prince William. The judging panel praised […]

Exotic-sounding fruits like mangosteen, acai and goji are the caped crusaders of the nutrition world. However, most ‘superfruits’ are more like Clark Kent than Superman — they’re so unassuming we don’t notice their healing powers. Red grapes: Red grapes — as opposed to green ones — contain resveratrol, a phytochemical which shows great promise in […]

To me, my mother had the perfect wedding dress. It was a dress I would have worn myself if I hadn’t grown-up to tower over her, and a dress that in my mind, no-one else could top, until Catherine Middleton wore a better version of it on her wedding day. When it comes to the […]

Jack Vidgen stepped onto the stage of Australia’s Got Talent and emerged a YouTube sensation. Bryce Corbett talks to the determined 14-year-old who wants to be a bigger star than Justin Bieber. There’s arguably not enough room on Planet Pop for two Justin Biebers, but local boy Jack Vidgen is nevertheless ready to give superstardom […]

Chocolate? Pizza? Hot chips? What’s your food obsession? Tara Diversi looks at the difference between normal and potentially dangerous food cravings and how to free yourself of them forever. Check in with the 97 per cent of women who experience food cravings and you will hear the following four foods mentioned over and over again […]

Tougher and more ruthless than any man, Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh ruled the mean streets of ’20s and ’30s Sydney with iron fists and trusty blades. Larry Writer visits their haunts, the inspiration for the latest Underbelly series. As long as she lived, Maggie Baker never forgot her initiation to Razorhurst. It was 1933 […]