Pineapple’s background: Prickly on the outside but sweet and juicy on the inside, the pineapple is a member of the Bromeliaceae family and is known as the “king of fruit” — no doubt a name inspired by the pineapple’s crown shaped top. The pineapple is native to South America but most of the pineapple we […]

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A frightening number of us ladies have no idea what's going on when it comes to managing important things like shares and retirement savings. Here's how the founders of "Flirting with Finances" are helping us, yet again.

When compared to the UK, USA and China, the levels of obesity in Australian women is rising faster than in other countries, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported. Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that the top five percent of obese women in Australia at age 30 have an average BMI of 37.7. […]

An astounding 77 per cent of Australian women think they are overweight – so we are launching Australia’s Greatest Weight Loss Challenge. The standard greeting to a friend was once, “Hi, how are you?” Now, the universal cry of welcome is “Wow … are you on a diet?” coupled with a furtive glance. We are […]

The wonder of a love affair with a happy Frenchman — and the city of Paris — unfolds charmingly in Elizabeth Bard’s intoxicating new novel. Download an exclusive extract from Lunch in Paris here. When Elizabeth Bard celebrated Thanksgiving recently in her adopted home, Paris, she listed her many blessings. “I have a healthy and […]

Hunky Avatar star Sam Worthington is Hollywood’s hottest new property, yet as the former bricklayer tells Elaine Lipworth, he’s determined to hang on to his roguish ways. Just after his 30th birthday, Sam Worthington woke up early one morning in his rented Sydney house and had a revelation. “I looked around and thought, ‘I need […]

Was Leanne Edelsten just a pretty trophy bride who soaked up “millionaire medico” Dr Geoffrey Edelsten’s money and fame, but left him when the going got tough? Michael Sheather reveals a very different story. There are two Leanne Edelstens. One is a beautiful 21-year-old woman draped across the bonnet of a bright pink European sports […]

Once a bullied under-achiever living on the wrong side of the tracks, Lisa Wilkinson is now at the top of her game as a TV host, adoring wife and hard-working mother – and her own harshest critic. It’s 4am on a Friday and Lisa is sitting in a make-up chair backstage at the Today show […]

Eight years on from JFK’s assassination, the widowed First Lady had forged a new life as Jackie Onassis. Nowhere was she better able to leave the past behind than on her husband Aristotle Onassis’ private island of Skorpios. Settimio Garritano, an Italian paparazzo, captured her new freedom – yoga at the beach, shopping trips, even […]