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25/05/2026

Each week, Good Weekend’s how-to column shares expert advice on how to navigate some of modern life’s big – and small – challenges.

This week? How to tell a white lie.

Find out more from Alex Mottee, a clinical psychologist and director at Sydney’s AB Clinical Psychology, at the link in bio.

Report: Jonathan Seidler

24/05/2026

Facing threats after starting a charity for young LGBTQ Peruvians, Marianella and Ana Claudia Casmon came to Australia in 2018. They’ve since built a life around respect, patience – and teardrop trailers.

Read the Two of Us by Tim Elliott at the link in bio.

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18/04/2026

With more than 1 million followers, including high-profile book lovers Reese Witherspoon and Pink, has now emerged as Australia’s most popular and unlikely BookTok influencer, determined, as he has put it, to “make reading cool again”, one magic dragon at a time.

Within weeks of posting his first video, the former NRL and Bachelor star had signed a publishing to write his own fantasy series. On social media he also speaks not only about writing, but male vulnerability and addiction.

Read the cover story by Tim Elliott at the link in bio.

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14/04/2026

Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe () has made a career out of chasing the kinds of stories that most people would be wise to leave alone. The New Yorker writer is drawn to powerful institutions and the people at their heart.

His latest book, London Falling, delves into the story of 19-year-old Briton Zac Brettler, who had been living a double life, pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch, before he mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment building in London.

Radden Keefe, the so-called “journalist’s journalist”, joins Good Weekend Talks to discuss London Falling, the ethics of true-crime reporting, and a reporter’s need for scepticism. Plus, we get our own scoop on what he might tackle next – and why it could bring him to Australia.

Listen to Good Weekend Talks episode hosted by Spectrum editor Melanie Kembrey wherever you get your podcasts and read the interview at the link in bio.

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12/04/2026

Charlie Gaylard, 17, is one of Australia’s youngest Elvis Presley tribute artists. He’s always had a special bond with his Elvis-loving grandfather, Greg Gaylard, 76, who’s now his manager as well as his beloved pa.

“We were in Perth Casino, packed with 2300 people, and he spoke to the crowd about how they should encourage their kids and grandkids. He said, ‘I was an average kid at school and here I am performing for a full casino.’ The credit is all his,” says Greg in this week’s Two of Us.

Read more from Dani Valent at the link in bio.

Photo: Simon Schulter
Video: Dani Valent and Bella Ann Sanchez

06/04/2026

New York food writer, editor and podcaster spent the early years of her career assisting two very famous chefs: first Mario Batali, then Anthony Bourdain, for whom she worked for nine years. Woolever was also, for much of this time, an addict – using alcohol, drugs and s*x to get through the ups and downs of work, marriage and motherhood.

She writes about all of this in her candid 2025 memoir, Care & Feeding, which suggests that while she did a lot of care and feeding for others, it took some time to learn how to do it for herself.

Listen to this episode of Good Weekend Talks, hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Katrina Strickland, wherever you get your podcast or visit the link in bio.

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28/03/2026

Natasha Lester () is one of the most successful Australian authors many of us have only vaguely heard of. Her novels, which lift little-known women out of history and fictionalise their stories, have been translated into 21 languages. And while it’s not independently verifiable – the books market is nothing if not opaque – her Australian publisher Rebecca Saunders says the English-language versions alone have sold more than a million copies worldwide.

Her biggest market is the US, where one of her books made the influential Pennie’s Pick rack at Costco in 2018 and the next one spent two weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. But she’s popular in Europe, too. Any wonder then, that her combined global advances add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per book.

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27/03/2026

Early in ’s banking career, a chance encounter taught her about the power of people in fashion. Now, she’s the industry’s most powerful woman, as the executive chair of the Australian Fashion Council () which now includes overseeing Australian Fashion Week.

“Even five years ago, if you had told me that fashion would be a major part of my portfolio, I wouldn’t have believed you,” Perkovic says. “This was supposed to be my fun board.

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26/03/2026

Fashion designers and artists and Linda Jackson () have been close friends and collaborators for more than 50 years. Together, they introduced Australian fashion to the world.

“Even though we’re both in the National Gallery [of Australia], we’ve never really thought of ourselves as ‘women artists’. We’ve always been just two women working together creatively: Linda’s my twin flame,” says Jenny.

Read the Two of Us by Lauren Ironmonger at the link in bio.

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26/03/2026

Fashion designers and artists and Linda Jackson () have been close friends and collaborators for more than 50 years. Together, they introduced Australian fashion to the world.
“Even though we’re both in the National Gallery [of Australia], we’ve never really thought of ourselves as ‘women artists’. We’ve always been just two women working together creatively: Linda’s my twin flame,” says Jenny.

Read the Two of Us by Lauren Ironmonger at the link in bio.

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