Real Life

Jamie Oliver has returned to the set of MasterChef to help the show, which exists to spread happiness, steer a path through grief. 
The celebrity chef is also at a turning point. He opens up about failure, love, second chances, and his endless reservoir of joie de vivre.

After more than thirty years in the business, Jo Malone is still the undisputed perfume prodigy.

With the country's birth rate in free fall, can anything put parenthood back on our agenda?

When Jacqui Lambie strolled into Parliament in July 2014, dressed by St Vincent de Paul and prone to saying exactly what was on her mind, she was a curiosity – and sometimes a laughing stock. But 10 years later, this one-time soldier and mother of two is still standing.

When a family lunch led to multiple deaths, it brought to light the potential toxicity of a popular ingredient.

Welcome to the most secretive club on Earth, where world leaders, movie stars and business tycoons kick up their heels behind locked gates in the bucolic Californian countryside.

To the British press, Jennifer Robinson is ‘the A-list’s go-to lawyer’, who has fronted high profile cases including Amber Heard and Julian Assange. Those close to her know her for as the girl from Berry who is now fighting for justice in the highest courts in the world. Genevieve Gannon meets the renowned Australian human rights lawyer.

Sam Bloom had always wanted to share her love of Africa with her three boys and last Christmas, 10 years after the accident that left her in a wheelchair, that dream finally came true.

It all began when journalist Amelia Oberhardt saw a mystery photo at her mother's wake. Read the true story behind her New York Festival Radio Award nominated podcast.

For more than 200 years, the Sydney Royal Easter Show – the largest Royal show in Australia – has brought country women to the city as farmers, fierce competitors and friends. The Weekly meets some of the women who have their hopes pinned on this year’s show.