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Something is happening right now, and it’s hard to ignore. You can feel it bubbling away in comment sections, group chats, at the water cooler and around dinner tables. It’s not loud, but it’s there, and it’s growing. A quiet shift in the way everyday people see those sitting at the top of the pyramid. The rich, the famous, the influencers, the so-called untouchables. And the question sitting underneath it all is simple. Have they completely lost touch? Once upon a time, cele

What started as a leap of faith nearly three years ago has quietly grown into something far more than a hair salon. Mel Higgins has created something special with Salon Maya in Mona Vale. It’s a one-on-one space, built from the ground up by Mel and her husband, where every client is seen, known, and looked after from start to finish. “I wanted to create a salon that felt welcoming, relaxed and genuinely comfortable,” Mel says. “Somewhere that reflected me, my creativity, and

There’s something special about a space that already holds history. The kind of place where people don’t just walk in, they remember. Where stories sit in the walls, and the community feels a sense of ownership before you’ve even touched a thing. That’s exactly what Verena and Angelika stepped into when they took on the old Avalon Cinema. And rather than stripping it back or trying to turn it into something it’s not, they’ve done something far more thoughtful. They’ve worked

For years, Kyle and Jackie O were untouchable. They dominated radio, pulled in huge audiences, and built a brand that thrived on pushing boundaries. It was loud, controversial, and often uncomfortable, but it worked. People tuned in, they laughed and they accepted it as entertainment. But if you strip it back, there was always something sitting underneath it all, and we all heard it. Kyle taking shots and Jackie taking it. Over and over, it was brushed off as friendly banter,

Some stories don’t begin with strategy or planning. They begin with a question. In this case, it came from a group of Northern Beaches schoolchildren sitting in a classroom in 2008, asking a simple but powerful thing. How can we help? Tamara Sloper Harding, a member of the Upper Northern Beaches Rotary Club, had been speaking to them about Anzac Day, about peacekeeping, and about her time in Timor-Leste. The conversation shifted quickly from history to something far more imme

Tom Oliver is who he is. He doesn’t feel the need to perform or impress, because his words effortlessly do the talking. There’s a sense that the language he uses has already done a lot of work long before it ever reaches another person. Tom has lived on the Northern Beaches his whole life, but it wasn’t the place that shaped him most, it was the way he was raised. Born with a serious physical disability and using a wheelchair, he grew up in a household where he was never trea

In a world where fast fashion has become a dime a dozen, churning out disposable trends that rarely listen to women’s bodies, lives or needs, something has been quietly lost. Clothes have become loud but soulless designed for algorithms rather than women, with little regard for how they feel, move or age. Over the past decade, much of Australian fashion has faded under the weight of offshore production and speed-first thinking. That’s why the way designer Alison Lennard talks

It’s hard to miss the very public fallout between Victoria Beckham and her eldest son, Brooklyn Beckham. What should have been a fairly normal wedding moment - a mother sharing a dance with her son - has instead morphed into a cultural flashpoint, after Brooklyn effectively outed Victoria as the mother-in-law from hell for stepping into his and Nicola Peltz’s first dance. And he didn’t stop there, delivering a very public dressing-down of his entire family around image, contr

There are buffets, and then there’s Epicurean. Tucked inside Crown Sydney, this isn’t your average stack-your-plate kind of place. It’s where you go for a 21st, an anniversary, or that once-a-year family get-together when everyone’s in a good mood and no one’s pretending to eat light - like an unspoken Christmas Day pass. It’s not dinner out - it’s an event. Let’s start with the name. Epicurean comes from Epicurus - the ancient Greek philosopher who believed pleasure, done we

For more than three decades, Marianne Williamson has been one of the defining voices in modern spirituality and conscious living. The author of fourteen books - four of them New York Times number ones - she’s helped shape how we think about compassion, consciousness and personal growth. Her words have carried across generations, becoming both a touchstone for seekers and a rallying cry for anyone willing to choose love over fear. Long before manifestation became a hashtag or

Every January, it’s the same story. The gym’s packed, blenders are whirring, and your feed is suddenly filled with green juice, protein bowls and motivational quotes. There’s a buzz of fresh starts in the air that quiet promise that this will be the year it finally clicks. And for a while, it does. Until it doesn’t. Somewhere between the cold-brew phase and mid-February, the wheels start to wobble. Cravings creep in. Discipline wavers. And before long, that shiny new plan sta

There’s a quiet revolution happening in the way women are starting to think about productivity. For so long we’ve been sold the idea that doing more equals achieving more, that our worth is measured by how much we can squeeze into a single day. We’ve glorified the packed calendar, the never-ending to do list, the juggling act that leaves us collapsing into bed at night wondering how much more we can give. But what if the secret to actually getting more done isn’t about piling

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Somewhere between the first note and the last beat, music finds a way into us. Not through logic or language, but somewhere deeper,...

We’ve all got a pet peeve, and lately mine has been flaring up like my sinuses in spring. This tiny little annoyance is, sadly, just one...