The PassageBY JUSTIN CRONIN, ORION, $35. This, the first book in a trilogy from Harvard graduate, university English professor and novelist Justin Cronin, has already netted a $4.4million book deal and $2.07 million in film rights, with the movie due to be made by Robin Hood director Ridley Scott. This is a weighty (766 pages) […]

In a candid interview with Chrissy Iley, the singer reveals how she is still waiting for the all-clear from breast cancer, why she stopped using Botox and how, at 42, she is in love – again. Talking to Kylie Minogue, I can’t help but feel that I know her. Not just from the many interviews […]

As Julie Goodwin plays mother to this year’s MasterChef hopefuls, she tells Larry Writer that, after winning last year, she’s finally living her dream – despite those marriage rumours. When Julie Goodwin meets Marion Grasby at an inner-Sydney studio for The Weekly’s photo shoot, last year’s MasterChef winner gives this year’s girl-most-likely one of her […]

On their historic first royal tour together, princes William and Harry prove they have come of age in the image of their beloved mother, carrying on her caring legacy. Suellen Dainty reports. It’s been dubbed the “budget special” or the “buy-one, get-one-free” offer. Officially, though, this is known as the first royal overseas tour by […]

Today, Pixie Skase lives in a modest two-bedroom flat in Melbourne. It’s a far cry from the lavish lifestyle she enjoyed with late husband Christopher. Pixie opens her heart to Sue Smethurst, in her first major interview in almost 10 years Even during the excesses of the 1980s, the extravagance of Christopher and Pixie Skase […]

It was a love affair that burned intensely. In this extract from the new book Furious Love, we reveal the undying passion between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton through his intimate letters to her. When asked by Time magazine, a few years ago, to name the five great love affairs of all time, the Texas-born […]

Last month, a jury found Des Campbell guilty of murdering his wife, Janet. While she paid the ultimate price, Janet was not the only woman he lied to, manipulated and cheated out of large amounts of money. June Ingham wishes that she had never met Des Campbell, the man at the centre of one of […]

If you’re sick of your man becoming all “woe is me” and retreating under the duvet at the merest sign of a sniffle then help could be at hand: scientists have developed a pill that targets man flu. Australian researchers have created a daily lozenge that dramatically reduces the likelihood of being laid low by […]

It’s well known that taking omega-3 fish oil supplements can help to prevent mild to moderate depression and boost memory and cognition. Now it seems fish oil may play an even more dramatic effect in mental health, with a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggesting that it could help prevent psychotic disorders. In […]

Unlike the fairytale princess, you may not be condemned to 100 years of sleep, but you can use your nightly shut-eye to reinvigorate your skin. Face Before you worry that you need another cream in your daily routine and skip this section, have a read. We’re all prepared to moisturise after cleansing at night, so […]