Robin Boyd’s enduring vision in his legacy furniture

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Robin Boyd was one of a family of creative geniuses - Arthur, David, Hermia, Martin, Meric... the list goes on....

The importance of being Jane – now more than ever

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On the 200th anniversary of her death, it is increasingly apparaent that for Jane Austen awkwardness is an equaliser which...

As they Reign, Tudor and Stuart queens are the new Mean Girls

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Another theocracy, another fertility crisis. Welcome to Reign. But it is no Handmaid's Tale. Tim Goodman wastes an hour of his...

A list of perfect Florentine jewels by a relative newcomer

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James Ferragamo's grandfather Salvatore arrived in Florence by the late 1920s and started his footwear business. Ninety years later, the...

A lake with a certain cachet: Como à go go!

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Ever since George Clooney moved into the Villa Oleandra (Image 1 below) and dragged his super-cool pals from Ocean’s 11,...

RR bespoke: The Sweptail is the most expensive car ever made

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Approximately one year ago, Rolls-Royce presented 103EX to the world, invoking its coach building heritage to inspire its future clientele....

The benefits of a regular sex life are numerous

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Why we are having more sex after 50? Maria Lally gives The Sydney Morning Herald the answer. Supermodel Cindy Crawford...

Skin cancer: A deadly world number 1 for Australia

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Getting my skin cancer removed cut to the heart, wrote Helen Pitt for The Sydney Morning Herald. Let me get...