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As commentators continue to rage over the sexism debate, an international survey has found that Australian women are the world’s most economically advanced. Topping a list of 128 countries, women in Australia won out in access to education, market participation and anti-discrimination policies. Following Australia were three Scandinavian countries — Norway, Sweden and Finland, with […]

Win our Book of the Month Be one of the first 25 people to sign up to the Simon & Schuster newsletter and correctly answer the competition question to win a free copy of The Dovekeepers! Alice Hoffman is one of the most popular and memorable writers of her generation, the author of such iconic […]

She’d always feared the deep ocean. But in 1981, that’s where Hollywood actress Natalie Wood died. She had been sailing on the yacht Splendour with her husband and a friend. They thought she had gone to bed, but she was later found floating in the water, wearing only her nightgown, a down jacket, and socks. […]

The reality TV queen rushes back into the arms of her Sydney-based ex-boyfriend Shengo Deane. After calling an end to her much-hyped marriage after 72 days, it would’ve been only natural if a humiliated Kim Kardashian had opted to cancel all her upcoming engagements and lie low. Indeed, her “devastated” husband of less than three […]

When Queen Elizabeth arrived at St John’s Anglican Church in Canberra this morning the crowd erupted into cheers of ‘God save the queen’. In a country populated by people who usually only scream chants if they contain the words ‘Aussie’ and ‘Oi’ this behaviour was remarkable. But from the moment the Elizabeth and Prince Philip […]

Four years after she was jailed for the murder of Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox returned to America a free woman. But what really happened on that fateful night? Amanda Bower investigates. Devoted murder mystery readers know that a satisfying story has a tragic beginning and a tidy end. In the middle is the investigation, during […]

Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott have welcomed their third child — a baby girl named Hattie Margaret. The 38-year-old actress announced the news on Twitter writing: “Our family is so happy to announce that 10/10/11 a baby girl Hattie Margaret McDermott was born at 7.08am. She’s amazing!” She also posted a picture of […]

Beyoncé Knowles caused a showbiz sensation this week when she announced she was pregnant on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. The 29-year-old singer cradled her small baby bump, telling photographers, “I have a surprise!” It will be Beyoncé’s first child with husband Jay-Z. This year has seen a […]

Elizabeth Taylor has beaten Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren to be voted the most photogenic celebrity of all time. Elizabeth, who died in March, also pipped more recent beauties including Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox to the top spot in the poll conducted by photo book company mymemory.com. Survey respondents were […]

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan, Text, $32.95. You think I’m joking? A book on werewolves? Oh, but such an elegant, tongue-in-hairy-cheek take on the genre it makes you wonder why anyone wastes their time on those dreary and insipid vamps, eternal enemies of the lycanthrope tribe. Our hero (so to speak) is Jake Marlowe, […]