Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2019 i The Australian Women's Weekly

Picking on millennials, those born in the ’80s and early ’90s, is a popular pastime for media commentators and the like. If you believe the narrative, they’re a generation at once entitled and lazy, self-obsessed and rudderless. Labelled “snowflakes” they are painted as overly-sensitive whiners who think the world revolves around them. True, to witness the behaviour of some infamous millennials like, say, the Kardashians or anyone on a reality dating show, you could be forgiven for throwing your hands up in despair about the future of humanity. With a young daughter of my own I will admit to moments of sheer panic at the world she’s growing up in. What we hear and see less of, however, are the amazing women (and men) of this generation who are driven,…

If Samantha Knight was still alive, she would be 42 years old. She might be married with a couple of kids of her own. She might be living overseas, pursing a career in the arts or academia, or living on a farm somewhere in rural NSW. She was a little girl whose life and vitality promised so much. But Samantha Knight is not alive. That hopeful future never came to be. Instead, Samantha will forever remain the blonde, green-eyed, nine-year-old child depicted in her family’s photographs, a little girl frozen in time and place, a little girl whose innocence and life were stolen by a monster. Samantha – Sam as she was known to family and friends – disappeared from a Bondi street close to her home on the afternoon…

• In Australia, 116,427 people are without a home. • Women make up 42 per cent of the homeless population. • Women over 55 are becoming homeless at an increasing rate. • Women who have suffered domestic or family violence, have a mental illness or a disability, live in rural and remote areas or are culturally/ linguistically diverse are also particularly vulnerable. • Homelessness has ballooned by 30 per cent over the past 10 years. • Only 7 per cent of homeless people sleep rough. • The homelessness services sector turns away 250 people every day. Source: The Australian Bureau of Statistics…

“I moved from a home that I shared with a wife whom I loved.” Meeting Cate McGregor, the first thing you notice is her gentle bygone era elegance. Cate is tall with beauty salon grooming and a chic dress sense. Behind the tailored exterior, there’s a tentative ‘I can’t believe I’m here’ vulnerability, but then the whip smart intellect kicks in and this extraordinary, courageous, deep-thinking former Group Captain in the Royal Australian Air Force cannot help but take centre stage and shine. It’s five years since Cate first spoke to The Weekly. It was a pivotal interview in the early days of her gender transition from Malcolm, decorated army officer, married man, cricket commentator and political adviser, to Catherine, the trans woman she says she was always “meant to…

Sharing breakfast with a fully-grown lion, lounging elegantly with leopards or waking to the roar of tigers, Hollywood royalty Tippi Hedren has devoted more than half a lifetime to saving and conserving the big cats that rule her home and heart. Some movie stars amass diamonds, designer mansions or divorces. This evergreen actress, who drove director Alfred Hitchcock wild while they were making The Birds, prefers to play “den mother” to a pride of apex predators at the Shambala Preserve she founded outside LA in 1972. “Everything I’ve done in my life was to lead to my work with animals. If people could be as honest as animals, what a different world it would be,” says the diminutive, indomitable 89-year-old, who rescues and re-homes unwanted or abandoned big cats at…

There was a moment in 2016 when a trapdoor opened in the bottom of Elizabeth Gilbert’s heart and she felt as though her entire existence was falling through the hole. She had just received a phone call and learnt that her best friend, Rayya Elias, was dying. “As soon as that phone call came, my entire life changed, almost instantly,” Liz says. “I left my marriage. I came to be with her in a romantic way. Some things were made very clear as soon as I knew I was going to lose her. It was the most obvious thing I had ever experienced in my life.” Liz “blew up” her life and went to Rayya’s side. She dropped the novel she had spent the past few months researching and ended…

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THEY’RE BACK: HOT BRUSHES Although many of us have been sceptical of hot brushes in the past, recent technology developments have helped create hot brushes that actually work – and no hair is burned in the process. Designed to be used on dry hair, they rely on ceramic and ionic technology that heats the surface uniformly, eliminating frizz. Thick hair meets its match with the Remington Proluxe Salon Ionic Hair Straightener, $99 at harveynorman.com Eco-warriors Every minute, the equivalent of one rubbish truck full of plastic is leaked into our oceans. Scary? We think so. Thankfully, beauty brands are starting to take an eco-friendly approach. Lush has been at the forefront of sustainable beauty and has now launched a ‘naked’ skincare range. Kevin.Murphy has begun reworking its bottles to be…

Hippocrates declared that “all disease begins in the gut” more than 2000 years ago. Now the science is catching up and we’re all enthralled. First we devoured Gut by Giulia Enders, extolling the virtues of grains – long reviled by Atkins and Paleo extremists. Then we joined Dr Michael Mosley on an enlightening journey in one end and out the other, in The Clever Guts Diet. Now, Melbourne Museum has a new exhibition called Gut Feelings. It’s curated by Dr Johanna Simkin, who looks at zeitgeisty-moments in medicine. “The research has exploded into every direction,” she says. “We knew there were microbes in and on the body but in the last five years, due to new technology, we can pick apart which microbes are where and what signalling they are…

QI have eczema and the week before my period is due, the skin on my thumbs breaks and bleeds. Will supplements help? S.M., WA. Some women describe a cyclic flare up of their eczema. Because of the localised symptoms, also look for possible contact irritants – your hand wash for example. Some foods can worsen eczema and it would be worth getting advice on this, particularly doing a food diary and trialling a gluten-free diet. A probiotic containing lactobacillus rhamnosus LGG may help. Q My doctor put me on Prolia after I fell out of bed and fractured my pelvis. I’ve had a hip replacement and my coccyx removed. I use a walker, take calcium and am overweight. My knees seem to be in trouble. Could it be osteoarthritis? G.C.,…

GRAZING PLATTER INSPIRATION Create the ultimate grazing platter with these delicious inclusions: marinated feta or goats cheese, roasted cherry truss tomatoes, tahini yoghurt, mint, roasted almonds, sumac, pomegranate seeds, green olives and double cream brie. TIP: Take cheese out of the refrigerator up to two hours before serving. A BRILLIANT BASE Melding the flavours of chilli jam with flat bread crackers, these tasty morsels are incredibly moreish. Wheat, rye flour and wholegrain oats are combined with lashings of red quinoa, chilli flakes, a splash of vinegar and a little brown sugar before being baked to perfection. Serve as the basis of a grazing platter or, if you can’t resist, enjoy them on their own. Available at Coles…

Chocolate-hazelnut cheesecake SERVES 10 PREP TIME 30 MINUTES COOK TIME 2 HOURS (+ STANDING AND REFRIGERATION TIME) FIVE INGREDIENTS 1 500g cream cheese 2 250g Delta Cream chocolate biscuits 3 ½ cup (110g) caster sugar 4 750g jar chocolate-hazelnut spread 5 3 eggs STAPLES 80g butter 1 Grease a 20cm springform pan; line base and side with baking paper. Preheat a 5.5-litre (22-cup) slow cooker on HIGH. Make sure the pan fits in the slow cooker insert without touching the side; remove pan. Place a wire rack in the slow cooker insert. If you don’t have a rack that will fit, tear off 1m foil; scrunch together to form a level ‘rack’ in the slow cooker. 2 Cut cream cheese into cubes; leave to soften at room temperature for 20…

The perennial herbs available to us in winter enjoy an uncanny sympathy with the foods we crave when the weather turns cold – roasts, soups and dishes that require long cooking which draws out flavours. SAGE is a perennial winter herb characterised by a pungent camphor-like taste when raw. Frying in butter or oil morphs both the taste and texture, transforming the leaves into crisp moreish bites with a sweetish edge. BAY leaves are used to flavour stocks, marinades, casseroles and milk sauces. The leaves can be used fresh but the flavour is stronger dried. Bay leaves are said to ward off weevils so scatter them through your pantry. THYME the savoury warmth of thyme is good with most meats and many vegetables, from roast potatoes to grilled tomatoes, and…

THE FOX by Frederick Forsyth, Penguin “We have one bizarre weapon. An anxious boy with spectacular gifts. I would like to direct him at North Korea,” Forsyth’s famed lead character, Sir Adrian Weston, informs British PM Marjory Graham. Weston is now retired as deputy chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service, but remains personal adviser on all things national security to the Brit PM. The US National Security Agency has been hacked – by UK computer genius, 18-year-old Luke Jennings. In this cracking classic spy thriller, Weston turns the tables to attack the Russians and the Iranians too, with Luke and his mum in a safe house. AND SO IT BEGINS by Rachel Abbott, Hachette All the alarms ring right from the start of this pacey, menacing thriller. Cleo’s widowed…

• JUNE 26 The world-renowned Russian Bolshoi Ballet will return to Queensland to present two new productions, Spartacus and Jewels, at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre. qpac.com.au/bolshoi • JUNE 28 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (1) takes to the stage for Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House, as the classic story of love and heartbreak enchants audiences. opera.org.au • JUNE 28 Michael Armitage: The Promised Land (7), at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, will exhibit work from one of Kenya’s most exciting young artists. mca.com.au • JULY 6 Exploring the beauty of the natural world and the threats to its survival is The Botanical: Beauty and Peril (6), at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. artgallery.wa.gov.au • JULY 11 Little lovers of dance and music will be charmed by Queensland Ballet’s The Little Green Road to…

S TAY : Known as ‘the Castle in the city’, the Fairmont Hotel offers timeless luxury in downtown Vancouver, within walking distance of many city attractions. EAT: Mittz Kitchen in Kamloops, casual dining with local ingredients and global influences; in Vancouver, Cadero’s Restaurant and Marine Pub, a relaxed but lively waterfront eatery and bar featuring live music, good food, an extensive drinks menu and a fun atmosphere. VISIT: Lake Louise, Jasper National Park; Icefields Parkway and Banff in Alberta; Grouse Mountain and Capilano Park in Vancouver for ancient trees, suspension bridge and totem poles. WHEN TO GO: For skiers, the best time to visit Vancouver is mid-March to late April. For hiking and bear-spotting, September and October in Jasper and Banff.…

Having bought a house on a large block in North Melbourne’s Coburg back in 1993, Tony Stuart knew he’d one day do something creative with the deep backyard. So when he met fellow architect and furniture designer Polly Bastow, his now wife and mother to their son Henry, 13, it wasn’t long before the pair decided to not only start up their own business, Form Architecture Furniture, but to build a two-story workshop and studio office so they could work close to home. That project was completed in 2001. “Then, after a couple of years, we started thinking it would be nice to build a new house for ourselves,” says Tony, 57, adding they were keen to utilise the sustainable principles they put to work for their own clients. “We…

Cancer JUN 23-JUL 23 Solo Cancerians take note: Sun, Venus and the July 3 new moon all have their love glasses on in your emo sign, making Crab this month’s signature dish. Manifester Mars brightens up finances, and a peak-experience full moon blooms on July 17, but if mischievous Mercury confuses communications and complicates any negotiations, get agreements in writing and try not to buy, sell or sign until early August. While we can’t always choose the music life plays, we can decide how we dance to it, and your birthday month’s celestial choreography issues an invitation to romantic sashays, quick turns and cheeky pivots. Leo JUL 24-AUG 23 Ardent Mars in Leo has your charisma sizzling this month, so yes, make those professional moves. And while a moody Mercury/Neptune…

MARRIAGE MEMORIES Alison Brahe’s description of the survival of her marriage (Open Mic, AWW, June) mirrors my own almost exactly. Married at 19, I also had what she describes as a ‘Fire Danger Rating, catastrophic’ reaction to my husband. Next year, we celebrate our 60-year wedding anniversary, and our marriage has also been through many deaths and rebirths. And yet we, as Cameron describes it, “still choose to love each other.” Well done, you two. Hopefully, one day, you will be able to look back on as many years as we can. Name withheld, Gold Coast, Qld. GOLDEN GIRLS Bravo to Matildas’ star footballers, Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord (AWW, June), who are not only the best in the world, but also made remarkable comebacks after devastating injuries. These young…

Snuggling with her six-month-old daughter Adelaide, to the casual observer Carrie Bickmore appears to be a woman who has it all. But the slight shadows lurking beneath The Project host’s animated blue eyes speak to the reality of what, she now admits in a raw and honest conversation with The Weekly, has been a difficult time. A baby who failed to thrive, an undiagnosed illness, endless sleepless nights and a fear of postnatal depression made for a fraught time for the television star, whose return to work was put on hold as she battled to hold things together at home. Before Adelaide – or Addie as the family affectionately calls her – arrived, motherhood had always come easily. Having given birth to her eldest, Ollie, at 25, she’d breezed through…

The grinding crunch of metal sounded like a bomb. Chatting at a coffee shop, David Gillard didn’t see the car that sped across a loose grating behind him, but he reacted instantly to the noise. The former RAAF sergeant hit the ground and took cover under the table where, until a second earlier, he’d been quietly celebrating his son’s 21st birthday. Suddenly, David was catapulted back to September 6, 2004, and a bloody event in Baghdad that changed his life forever. That’s when seven US Marines were ripped apart in front of him as their HumVee struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). David, in the same convoy, was caught up in the resulting fire fight that killed three enemy, one of them in a woman’s burqa. “Those 15 minutes were…

Shortly after General David Hurley was announced as Governor of NSW, back in 2014, he was invited to an audience with the Queen. “I was really quite emotional,” he remembers, even now a little misty eyed. “We were with her for about 25 minutes, and when we walked out, I said to Linda, ‘Who would have thought that two little kids, growing up in Warrawong and Hurstville, would come one day to have a private audience with Her Majesty the Queen? How did that happen?” How indeed? On the eve of his investiture as Australia’s Head of State, General and Mrs Hurley invite The Weekly to join them for a pot of very strong tea and a chat about the love, faith and hard work that have brought them here.…

Chatting with Reese Witherspoon about self-care is a relaxation therapy in itself, given she’s so calm and open. Whether she’s sharing her skincare routine or relating smoothie recipes, the common thread is her warmth towards the other women in her life. A Southern girl through and through, Reese’s earliest beauty memories come from her grandmother. “I would go with her every Tuesday to get her hair done, and every Friday she had her nails done,” says Reese. “When I think about the rituals I have in my life now, a lot of them probably came from my grandmother.” Now, Reese’s daughter, Ava, is her make-up mentor, and her friends are her wellness warriors. “She knows so much about make-up and she loves facial masks so we’ll do those together,” says…

CARBS KEEP WEIGHT STABLE “Fruit, vegetables and legumes contain resistant starch, which your microbes love munching on. They use them to create short-chain fatty acids which send signals around your body. In fact, a healthy microbiome has a huge effect on maintaining a healthy weight.” THE PERFECT DIET DOESN’T EXIST “Vegetarians and vegans have different microbes to omnivores. But the jury is still out on the ultimate diet. The ideal microbe mix and therefore the ideal diet, may be different for us all.” PROBIOTICS MAY NOT HELP AFTER ANTIBIOTCS “One interesting paper showed that taking probiotic tablets after antibiotics can prevent your natural flora from growing back, probably because the tablet probiotics get a foothold first and block them.” WE’RE RETHINKING LEAKY GUT SYNDROME “Leaky Gut Syndrome is when a…

Vegetables are the stand-alone star of the show here with miso-roasted cauliflower with pumpkin and caramelised parsnips.Vegetarian roast Vegetarian roast SERVES 6 PREP AND COOK TIME 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES. ½ large butternut pumpkin, halved lengthways ⅓ cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil 1.3kg whole cauliflower 1 cup (250ml) dry sherry ¼ cup (65g) white (shiro) miso paste ¼ cup (60ml) maple syrup 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger 2 cloves garlic, crushed 750g parsnips, peeled, halved lengthways 2 tablespoons brown sugar ¼ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg 2 teaspoons sesame seeds, toasted 1 green onion, sliced thinly 1 Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Place pumpkin on an oven tray lined with baking paper, drizzle over 1 tablespoon of olive oil, season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Roast, uncovered,…

Prawn and peanut dan dan noodles SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 35 MINUTES 375g broccolini, trimmed, halved 300g fresh thin egg noodles 2 tablespoons peanut oil 16 uncooked large prawns (1.2kg), shelled, deveined, tails intact ¼ teaspoon dried chilli flakes 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger 1½ cups (375ml) chicken stock ¼ cup (60ml) Chinese black vinegar ¼ cup (60ml) dark soy sauce ¼ cup (70g) tahini paste 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns, crushed 1 tablespoon brown sugar ⅓ cup (50g) roasted unsalted cashews 2 green onions, sliced thinly on the diagonal 1 cup lightly packed fresh coriander leaves 1 Cook broccolini in a large saucepan of boiling water for 3 minutes; remove from pan with a slotted spoon. Return water to the boil. Cook noodles in same water for…

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The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung, Little, Brown Katherine is a mathematical genius. She’s also a woman in a man’s world and an Asian American. Together, this heady mix makes for a turbulent life for our heroine in the 1960s, when the academic world was scarred with inequality. Katherine’s brilliance is too often eclipsed by the burden of her gender and race and it hurts, all the time. This smart, poignant and fascinating novel starts with Katherine in her dotage looking back at her life – the mistakes she made, the loves she lost, as well as the triumphs. Hers has been a classic battle of the sexes, with Katherine having to prove her worth as a scholar despite being head and shoulders the smartest in…

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness by Stan Rodski, HarperCollins A psychologist for 30 years, Dr Rodski was working with a 16-year-old client suffering from agoraphobia for three years; the condition so serious she could not go to school and her family life was in tatters. The father of four and grandfather of three from Melbourne was increasingly interested in the benefits of the simple act of colouring in. Hooking Tahlia’s earlobe up to an ECG machine, the improvements were dramatic – she had relaxed physically and mentally. His colouring-in brain science books took off worldwide three years ago, praised by Oprah magazine. “Why is it that we are better these days at watching our weight, eating right, but our health is getting worse? All of us are…

Imagine the delight of walking snow-covered cobbled European streets and laneways. Up ahead are artisan Christmas markets adorned in twinkling fairy lights while either side of the street, cosy restaurants offer fireside dining with the lure of classic warming European dishes, festive treats, coffee and hot chocolate. Europe’s appeal is no more evident than at Christmas, when cities come alive with the joyful spirit of celebrating and sharing the generations of tradition of the end of the year against a blanket of white covering the historic buildings and landscapes. From Berlin to Prague, Amsterdam to Vienna, the childhood enchantment is unforgettable. One of the easiest ways to enjoy a white Christmas in Europe is aboard a luxurious river cruise with APT. Taking a leisurely 22 days to travel from Amsterdam…

My husband and I had been in Indonesia for 62 days when I flew back tired and quite stressed and emotional so it was wonderful to open our letter box and find Sam Armytage smiling at me (AWW, June). A load of washing on, my husband made me a cuppa and I sat in my favourite chair and had a relaxing couple of hours reading about Sam turning her life around, meeting the new Royal bundle of joy as well as enjoying the fashion and the yummy food pages. Thanks AWW for the best welcome home ! D. Bowden, Rosebud, Vic.…

Cover star Carrie Bickmore has been honoured with an Order of Australia Medal for her tireless work raising awareness of brain cancer, and services to broadcast media. When Carrie won the Gold Logie in 2015, she used the opportunity to make a plea for greater support for brain cancer research in honour of her late husband, Greg. The foundation she started, Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer, raises much-needed funds for this vital work. Other Australians recognised for service to the community are ABC chair Ita Buttrose (above, left), Hugh Jackman for his work to eradicate poverty as well as his service to the performing arts, and Guy Sebastian, whose charity work was also mentioned alongside his work as a music artist. Domestic violence crusader Rosie Batty (left) also received an…

There is a lot in the saying home is where the heart is. Home is a place of comfort and protection, but also privacy and autonomy. It’s where we go for shelter from the elements and the demands of our busy lives, but also where we congregate with loved ones. Our home is our dominion, and if we raise children, a place to set down values and pass on lessons. Yet, despite Australia’s wealth and egalitarianism, an immense and growing number of people are without homes. The number of homeless in Australia has grown by 14 per cent in just four years, and women are particularly at risk. Women account for nearly half of the 100,000-plus homeless people in Australia, and those over 55 are especially vulnerable. “Women over 55…

As her 40th birthday loomed, Rebecca Maddern was feeling emotionally wrung out, grappling with the reality that she might never become a mother. The first female host of the Nine Network’s AFL Footy Show, Rebecca was riding a professional high but secretly struggling with IVF, sneaking off to the bathroom at work to inject herself, running to the clinic for scans and blood tests, even doing the show bloated and bandaged after a painful procedure for endometriosis – all the while joking on air with a panel of oblivious male colleagues. “IVF was tougher than I ever imagined,” says Rebecca, now 41. “I’m a pretty tough cookie and it came close to breaking me.” After two years of trying for a baby naturally and three rounds of IVF (“back-to-back –…

From the outside, Barry Humphries’ home in north west London is unassuming. Inside, every inch of wall is lined with gorgeous pre-Raphaelite paintings, bookcases heave with first editions. There are thousands of books. I wait for him in a pale blue sitting room with tones of hyacinth. His wife Lizzie is there. She is tall and elegant and very funny. Barry is wearing a purple linen jacket, a green pullover and purple corduroy trousers but the corduroy is horizontal, in perfect keeping with the idea that Barry likes to blend in, seem normal but is actually completely the other way. Barry is the creator of many diverse personas – Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson and the ghost Sandy Stone. Often they could say things that Barry himself could not.…

At 84 years old, Judi Dench is one of the busiest actresses in Hollywood. But when she’s not playing a spy, or Shakespeare’s wife, or an elderly cat, or a gender-bending fairy police commander – yes, these are all actual roles for Judi in 2019 – you’ll find her in amongst her greatest passion: trees. “My life now is just trees. Trees and ... um ... and champagne,” she says, with a characteristically naughty wink. For 30 years, Judi has been tending an area of woodland at the back of her two-hectare property in Surrey. When she spoke with The Weekly back in 2017, she confessed that, in the summer, she was fond of taking off her clothes and standing naked in the garden to “enjoy the blissful air”. It…

Pia Miller sweeps in bright and early for our beachside fashion shoot. Clad in a green knit, skinny jeans and R.M. Williams boots, the former Home And Away actress starts sharing. “My ultimate weekend would be with my family and boys at a little beach or country shack. We’d cook great food, sit by the fire, listen to music and enjoy each other’s company,” she smiles. With her shiny mane, it’s no wonder Pia is the first Australian Pantene Pro-V Micellar Series ambassador. Make-up done, Pia dives into a Hansen & Gretel coat. “I’d wear the most simple outfit then pop a coat on over the shoulders. I’m all about a coat!” says the Melbourne native. It’s an uncomplicated style that comes from one of her most treasured people. “Work…

BEAUTY FOOD: “I’m not a salad person so I make a smoothie with spinach, romaine lettuce, a little celery and lemon, an apple and a banana and I have that morning and afternoon.” FATIGUE FIX: “I’m a big fan of the 20-minute nap. I can sleep anywhere.” FACE LIFT: “Georgia Louise in New York does microcurrent and my skin just looks amazing afterwards.” SKINCARE: “I’ve been using retinol for a year and I’ve really noticed a difference in the texture and tone of my skin.” TOP TOOLS: “Jillian Dempsey has a roller tool that’s great if you have bags under your eyes or want to wake up your skin.” MAKE-UP MUSTS: “I’m a make-up girl. If I have to narrow it down I have six essentials: eyeliner, mascara, concealer, blush,…

1 DIVERSIFY YOUR  DIET with fibre. Aim for 20-30 different plant-based foods per week with fruit, veg, wholegrains, nuts, seeds and legumes. 2 LIMIT PROCESSED  FOODS that can promote bad gut bacteria and throw out the balance you need for good gut health. 3 TRY FERMENTED  FOODS such as kefir (fermented milk drink), kimchi (fermented cabbage) or natto (fermented bean), or good old yoghurt. 4 CHEW YOUR FOOD. Chewing each mouthful 10-20 times saves a lot of work further down the GI tract. It’s meditative too. 5 MOVE YOUR BODY. It’s even better to use exercise to de-stress. The link between brain and gut is well-known and can influence your microbial diversity.…

Healthy adults should aim for 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity activity, says Michael, such as brisk walking, Pilates or yoga. Mix it up with water aerobics, dancing, doubles tennis, even pushing a lawn mower counts. If you can, try to incorporate weight training too – you don’t need dumbells, you can use your own body weight. “This is incredibly important for bone health, balance and overall muscle strength, ensuring a higher quality of life,” says fitness expert Sophie Guidolin, who’ll be showing just what to do at fitness-show. com.au coming up in Brisbane on July 13-14 and Melbourne on October 26-27.…

Beefed up French onion soup SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 2 HOURS 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 600g gravy beef, chopped into 2cm pieces 50g butter 6 large (1.2kg) brown onions, sliced thinly 1½ tablespoons plain flour 1 cup (250ml) dry white wine 1 litre (4 cups) water 1½ litres (6 cups) salt-reduced beef stock 2 bay leaves 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves GRUYÈRE TOASTS 1 small French bread stick, sliced ¾ cup (120g) Gruyère or Jarlsburg cheese, coarsely grated 1 Heat oil in a large saucepan; cook beef over high heat until browned. Remove beef from pan and lower heat to medium low. 2 Add butter to pan; add onions, cook, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes or until very soft and browned lightly. Increase heat to…

Beef, red wine & rosemary skewers SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES (+ REFRIGERATION TIME) Use red wine marinade below to flavour 800g boneless beef such as rump or sirloin cut into 3cm cubes. Marinate meat for 3 hours (or overnight) in a shallow glass or stainless steel container. Thread meat onto metal or bamboo skewers; cook skewers on a preheated chargrill plate or barbecue, turning, for 8 minutes or until charred and cooked through. Red wine marinade: Combine ½ cup red wine, 2 crushed cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon coarsely chopped fresh rosemary and ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil. Season. Chicken, thyme & mustard skewers SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK TIME 15 MINUTES (+ REFRIGERATION TIME) Use thyme and dijon marinade below to flavour 800g chicken breast…

One of our favourite Aussie chefs, Luke Mangan OAM, sits down with The Weekly to chat all things food and spill the beans on his guilty food pleasure. What do you cook when you have chefs over for dinner? Generally a barbecue but I keep it really simple with the best ingredients. Some of my favourites for barbecuing are chicken marinated in fresh herbs, lamb cutlets or a steak. Really simple stuff, and marinades with a bit of spice and olive oil. If I could give people one tip for barbecuing is make sure the temperature is hot enough. Temperature is the most important part of great barbecuing. Guilty pleasure food? Homemade vanilla ice-cream, but if I’m going to a store I’ll have anything caramel or honeycomb. What’s your favourite…

LOUIS & LOUISE by Julie Cohen, Hachette Louis and Louise Adler were born on the same day in 1978, in the same US mining town of Casablanca. They are not twins, nor coincidentally same-named neighbours. They are author Cohen’s blisteringly brilliant literary experiment, to find out how two babies born of different gender would grow up, if possessing the same characteristics, same parents, and seemingly same prospects. Dad Irving Adler is the great-great grandson of the founder of the Casablanca Paper Company. When Peggy gives birth to Louise she is “daddy’s girl” and a relative warns, “She’ll give you trouble when she’s a teenager.” But when Louis is born he is “mummy’s boy” and “can do anything, that boy.” Louise becomes a teacher. Louis writes when he inherits the papermill.…

As we snake our way through the Jasper National Park past Mt Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, on board the award-winning Rocky Mountaineer, hostess Helena Glacken is explaining the deep respect the First Nations People of the region have for the mountains. Known to them as the Mountain of the Spiral Road, perhaps for the horizontal layers of rock that make up the enormous peak, Mt Robson is often obscured by cloud. Today, however, glistening with snow after recent falls, the view to the mountain is clear, and breathtakingly beautiful. Nestled in heated leather seats in our Gold Leaf carriage with its glass domed roof that allows 360 degree views of some of the world’s most dramatic scenery, a glass of exceptionally good Canadian sparkling wine in…

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People have babies all the time. It’s among the least original things a human can do, apart from dying and wearing ironic T-shirts. I feel, defensively, that I should point that out before telling this story. We were in our mid-thirties. We lived in London and held down capable jobs. We had conceived a baby, after that customary awkward interregnum that confronts 30-something couples when they pull that strategic handbrake turn from years of applying ingenuity to the task of not getting pregnant. The public hospital up the road was called The Whittington. Its emblem was a black cat. Fine, I’m not superstitious. The hospital dates back to the 1400s, and survived the Great Fire of London and several name changes, including St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics. I liked all…