The Australian Women's Weekly

Elaine George and her daughter, Taylor, star in our fashion shoot. You might look at this issue and wonder: Why do we have a man on the cover of The Australian Women’s Weekly? Robert Irwin is no ordinary young man. He first came to fame as a baby i

Well done on your articles on Queen Mary of Denmark (The Making of an Aussie Queen, AWW, February), which included some beautiful photos of her wedding in 2004. I still have the wedding, as well as interviews and other TV specials, on video tape. I h

Venice: An enormous papier-mâché rat took to the Grand Canal to celebrate Venice’s historic Carnival Regatta. This ceremonial courtier’s cap is one of 32 items winging their way back to Ghana, 150 years after they were stolen by the British from the

Aussie pop icon Kylie Minogue has won her second Grammy (the first was 20 years ago for Come Into My World). This year’s award was for her global pop dance hit Padam Padam, named onomatopoeically to sound like a heartbeat. The secret to her current r

Rod and Monica have been married for more than 60 years. So long, Rod jokes, he’s lost count. After their wedding, the Sydney couple set off on a workingadventure around Australia before settling in Darwin, where they spent their weekends fishing, wa

When she was young, Tiarna Herczeg loved to draw and paint. She was also fussy about what she wore, and wanted “creative control”. But with nobody in her life working as an artist, Tiarna didn’t believe it was a viable career. “Even the art teachers

Eating your cereal in front of cartoons packed with superheroes is a rite of passage for young Aussies across the nation. Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk … kids glued to the set watching the action unfold over breakfast. But three-year-

It’s a sunny morning at Athelle Homestead and a group of kids, aged one to 10, are excitedly playing shop in the shade. They pretend to serve hot coffee and dunk make-believe bikkies into cups of tea. Their smiles are wide and giggles contagious. Thi

The second day in a row that Michelle Bridges “forgot” to exercise, she knew something was wrong. For months, she’d been feeling lethargic and unmotivated. While others might be tempted to brush this feeling off, for Michelle, a high-energy and inten

King Charles’ cancer diagnosis came as a shock. It blindsided everyone, not least the House of Windsor. The 75-year-old had a packed and important schedule planned for 2024, which included a visit to Australian and New Zealand shores – his first as m

King Charles III was a shy child and still suffers when meeting large numbers of people, but he is courteous. He never passes a footman in a palace corridor or a stranger while walking in the countryside without acknowledgement, whatever his mood. Wh

Sixty years after Carlotta ignited Sydney’s Kings Cross in the legendary Les Girls cabaret extravaganza, Australia’s most beloved showgirl is back with what’s being billed as her final curtain. The show is called Carlotta: The Party’s Over, a fabulou

Anne Summers remembers exactly the moment she dreamed up Elsie. It was the night of Tuesday, September 4, 1973. The feisty young journalist and academic was lying alone in her bed in a share house in Balmain. It was the heyday of the women’s liberati

They were a resilient and diligent bunch, the 179 female convicts who were herded aboard the HMS Rajah and set sail from the port of Woolwich for Van Diemen’s Land in April 1841. Alongside their meagre personal belongings, they carried nine metres of

“Can it be that in 1990, people will remember the ’60s as so sweet? When Stockholm’s inner city was being torn down? When we lived with oldfashioned morality?” The song was Ljuva Sextital (Sweet Sixties), a hit in 1969 for Brita Borg, a Swedish songs

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. It could be the sight of a group of naked billionaires drinking gin fizz out of a fire bucket, or a line-up of world leaders singing showtunes in drag. And look out for when everyone g

Love. Love. Love. That’s what defines J.Lo. It’s undone her so many times, yet she still believes in love even when it doesn’t believe in her, and that’s what makes her one of us. She’s vulnerable, yes. She thinks that’s what makes her real, and it d

I’m sitting in the back of a pick-up truck with three Maya women and, although it’s so hot Mexico’s Yucatán jungle appears to be steaming, that isn’t the reason blushing. They are telling some of the dirtiest jokes I’ve ever heard …and because I’m a

The Powell family came to stay with us for a few days; Mum, Dad and three daughters aged seven, five and three. They were completely delightful, mannered, helpful …and exhausting. I’ve forgotten what life was like with little children. Even though I’

Just after I turned 21, I planned my own funeral. Not because I was curious about what it might look like, but because I had to. End-stage cystic fibrosis (CF) had forced my hand into making choices I did not want to make, and my remaining hope for s

The month of March is the trickiest month of the year almost everywhere in the world. Snow melts in some places and freezes in others. In Canada, where I grew up, March led the whole country down the garden path year after year. First, after a long c

On the hottest day of the year Arakwal woman Elaine George and her daughter, Taylor Tanaka, are in the Palm House in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens as the fierce sun beats through the ceiling. Elaine gaily declares she can easily handle the heat as she fli

When hair stylist Lauren Mackellar first began looking for natural solutions to hair thinning, she had no inkling of the cruel twist of fate that was to come. In her twenties with a flourishing career in Sydney and Los Angeles, she put her own hair l

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When I was growing up, every morning before school you’d find me in my family’s garage doing my pliés (knee bends in ballet) at my little barre. I could easily dance and move for hours. That feeling of joy and energy from being active led me to becom

This is what happens the second you get emotional: Adrenaline and cortisol flood your body, your heart begins to race, arteries constrict and your blood pressure rises. You are physically pumped to flee. What’s interesting, though, is that your brain

Dust off your camera or pick up a paintbrush … According to researchers at the University of Western Australia, two hours of creativity per week can have a positive impact on your mental wellbeing. Sydney: March 15-17 Melbourne: March 22-24 From gut

Author William Somerset Maugham once noted “to acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life”. Though he died over 50 years ago, research indicates he was right. During the pandemic, our appet

Sometimes you don’t just want to take a plate, you want to take the whole shebang – an entire meal that cheers, comforts and delights. And this one does all three. It comes a little from me, but mostly from Mudgee-based winemaker Jean-François Esnaul

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Read our exclusive interview with author Kemper Donovan now at womensweekly.com.au I tell other people’s stories for a living. You can call me a ghostwriter, though usually I just say I “freelance”, which is vague and boring enough to put an end to

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When it comes to debt, how do women shape up against men? According to the 2023 Status of Women Report Card, women face real financial challenges: A double-digit gender pay gap, a 55 per cent drop in earnings for mothers in the five years following c

Joining a women-only tour is an excellent way to explore the world while empowering women in other countries, particularly in places where they’re traditionally restricted from entering the workforce. Intrepid Travel’s Women’s Expeditions are a prime

The pint-sized elephants pack a monumental punch at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s (SWT) orphan nursery in Nairobi, Kenya (sheldrickwildlifetrust. org). With trunks flying and ears flapping, they thunder towards the arena where we’ve gathered for the mid

In Spain, time can be measured by life unfolding in the local plaza. Mornings begin slowly, the clink of coffee cups and buttery waft of sugar-dusted doughnuts welcoming the day. By the time the sun is high the squares are abuzz with laughter as chil

Kangaroo Island is still beaming with pride after being named by Lonely Planet as the world’s No. 2 must-visit region in 2024. The island boasts beauty spots such as Emu Bay and the Remarkable Rocks (pictured). And one of its most loved resorts, the

As we waved summer goodbye, the demand for ice-cream, noted The Weekly, was only growing. Australians were now consuming 15 million gallons of it each year, staff reporter Joyce Bowden wrote on page 16, as she revisited the history of the frozen trea

The celestial symphony of Saturn, Neptune, the sun and this year’s new moon all in Pisces on March 10 to celebrate the beginning of your astrological year offers a personal portal for downloading specific life guidance. Make quiet time and space arou