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For years, I've quietly complained that if you wanted a genuinely great cocktail bar, you'd probably have to leave the Northern Beaches. Don't get me wrong, we've got spectacular beaches, brilliant cafés and no shortage of places for a casual drink. But finding somewhere that feels genuinely different? Somewhere with atmosphere, personality and a little mystery? That's always been a little harder. And then I was let in on the dirty little secret that is Lilly's Bar. Hidden inside Manly...

There comes a point in many women's lives where exhaustion becomes so familiar, we stop questioning it. We blame work, hormones, getting older, being busy or spending our lives looking after everyone else before ourselves, and we simply push through. For bestselling author and clinical nutritionist Lee Holmes, that relentless cycle eventually caught up with her. Despite spending years helping others live healthier lives, her own body had quietly begun waving red flags she admits she ignored...

Once upon a time, not so long ago, a glimpse of a stocking was truly scandalous. In the Victorian era, respectable women wore floor-length skirts and high necklines. Even a glimpse of an ankle was enough to raise eyebrows. Fast forward a few decades and the outrage shifted to bare arms, then knees, then hemlines. When the bikini first appeared in 1946, it was considered so scandalous that many beaches around the world effectively banned it. In Australia, women were routinely ordered off...