Good Weekend
'I’m still coming to terms with what I’ve been through … I cry every day'
Red Symons is quietly recovering from two brutal years during which he lost his marriage, his job and his eldest son Samuel.
- by Peter Wilmoth
Latest
The Melbourne couple building a $15m art gallery next door
Few art collectors turn their own home into a museum but for Corbett and Yueji Lyon and their family, it was just the beginning.
- by Gabriella Coslovich
Parenting
Why technologists are limiting their families' screen time
Australians are besotted with technology – so much so that even the experts are worried.
- by John McDuling
Parenting
The darkness and light of part-time parenthood
A father considers how he expresses his love for his three children – and what that love is teaching him.
- by Mark Mordue
Two of Us
Mark and Briony Scott: on a learning curve - just don’t mention NAPLAN
Mark Scott is the NSW Department of Education secretary and former ABC boss. Briony Scott, his wife, is the principal of Wenona private school for girls.
- by Jordan Baker
Dicey topics
Dicey Topics: Jimmy Barnes talks bodies, death and religion
The 62-year-old Cold Chisel frontman discusses the topics we are told to keep quiet.
- by Benjamin Law
Spotlight
What? Say it again: headphones are doing what to our hearing?
One in 10 Australians regularly turns the volume on their earbuds up to 85 decibels, the equivalent of standing next to a running lawnmower.
- by Greg Callaghan
Foreign correspondence
Real creepy: this site generates fake headshots
An endless display of people who don't exist – how sinister is that?
- by Amelia Lester
Hey kiddo, it's time to laugh and learn
Bluey, the home-grown cartoon pup, is a hit with the whole family.
Animal Crackers: Good Weekend's pet gift guide
Devoted dogs or frisky cats – whichever blesses your household, here’s how to spoil them rotten.
Los Angeles: seeing stars in the strangest of places
Forget Hollywood Boulevard. If you want to spot a celebrity – a real one, not just a name embedded in the footpath – you have to know where to look.
- by Michael Harry