In case you weren’t confused enough about the benefits and consequences of drinking wine, a professor in Britain says that women risk developing liver disease or becoming alcohol-dependant because they are unaware of the impact of regular drinking. Professor Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians in London told Britain’s Telegraph.co.uk that the […]

RECENTLY at a business awards night for a local women’s group on the Central Coast in New South Wales — I was at a very entertaining table with some interesting girls. All of them run their own businesses and most of them are pretty successful. The topic of why we go to women’s networking events […]

Thrilled to be expecting her third child, Sarah Murdoch talks to Lee Tulloch about motherhood and what it’s like to have married into a high-profile business dynasty. Untainted by power or fame, Sarah has remained her own person, working tirelessly for a raft of charities – and on a documentary series she finds moving and […]

As convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby enters her sixth year in a Bali jail, her biographer, Kathryn Bonella, charts her slide into depression, despair and mental illness. Schapelle Corby may inhabit a filthy, rat-infested concrete cell in the hellhole that is Bali’s Kerobokan Prison, but she lives in a world of fantasy. She hears voices […]

The Weekly’s November cover girl, Sarah Murdoch, told us she did not want her photographs digitally retouched. So we didn’t. Real. Is a word Sarah returns to often. It’s the “real” stories in Pride of Australia that engage her. It’s the realness of the sausage sizzle and the camping trip and the lining up to […]

She’s the feared and revered editrix of the US edition of Vogue. With her trademark bob and perma-sunglasses, she has the power to inspire fashion royalty on the one hand, and crush designers with the other. Click here to see the evolution of Anna Wintour in pictures For more than 20 years, Wintour has been […]

Question: How do you cook pasta al dente? Al dente (al den tay) is Italian meaning “to the tooth”, and offers a slight resistance with bitten into – it should not be soft or overdone. Bring water to a rolling boil in a large saucepan then add salt (salt increases the water temperature slightly at […]

If there was ever a question that could be described as “age old”, it would have to be, “Which is the smarter sex?” If you’ve ever become embroiled a debate about this question, you’ll know that there is no possible way to convince a member of the opposite sex of your superior smarts. Now Hasbro, […]

With longer working hours, increasingly busy lives and plenty of “eating out” options it’s no wonder we are eating out more often. At times it can seem difficult to make healthy choices when you eat away from home, particularly when you are trying to reduce your weight. When deciding on what sandwich to have, it […]

Kylie Minogue’s Bollywood debut, Blue, has been panned by critics, describing her “as sexy as a housewife in a kaftan”. The film, which cost $30 million to make, opened in India on Friday and received less than stellar reviews. The pop princess was reportedly paid $1 million to star in the film, the most expensive […]