In old gardens- ones planted at least thirty years ago- you’ll often find a strange tall tree, with big leathery leaves and clumps of round orange fruit each spring, much loved by birds and flying foxes. Often new owners will cut the tree down and plant a nice gaudy azalea in its place, or at […]

Television and radio star, Amanda Keller, is loving her role as morning presenter on WSFM as one half of The Morning Show with Brendan “Jonesy” Jones. Amanda gives us a 60 second snap shot into her life, career and family. You’re one half of the Jonesy and Amanda show on WSFM – can you tell […]

Beloved Australian personality and our stunning July cover girl Sarah Murdoch is relishing her role as ambassador of the Murdoch Childrens’ Research Institute. Sarah gives us a 60 second snap shot into her life, marriage and family. You are the Ambassador of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, what does the institute do? The Murdoch Childrens […]

The late Yves Saint Laurent was one of the most famous and influential couturiers of the late 20th century. Yet beyond the celebrated style, writes William Langley, lay a man whose genius was often inseparable from his psychological torment. Along the perfumed, lantern-lit corridors of a vast white villa, beneath soaring, mosaic ceilings and through […]

They may be compared to Diana and Fergie, but princesses-in-waiting Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davey are independent modern women, who are ushering in a new era in royal love matches, writes Jo Michaels. They’re young, they’re good-looking — and like the late Diana and Fergie before them — they have both captured the heart of […]

Exclusive extract from The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, the Great Read in the July issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. A sharp turn and Eliza was thrown against the hard, cold door. Shocked from sleep, it took her some moments to remember where she was, why she was alone in a darkened carriage being […]

This knitted cosy is made from 25 pompoms to fit a three-cup teapot. You will need 5 x 50g balls of 8-ply yarn, pink 4mm knitting needles Cardboard Scissors Darning needle Body Using 4mm knitting needles and one strand of yarn, cast on 35 stitches for the front. Repeat with a second ball of yarn […]

This tea-cosy is knitted and crocheted, and will fit a short six-cup teapot. You will need 1 x 50g ball 10-ply variegated green and brown wool (such as Patons Jet) 1 x 50g ball 12-ply grey and green furry wool (such as Anny Blatt Fine Kid) 4mm crochet hook 6mm knitting needles 4mm knitting needles […]