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Consent crisis
Sex, schoolkids and where it all goes wrong
Privilege. Porn. Parent-free parties. An alcohol-fuelled climate in which being nice to girls is considered uncool. A wave of sexual assault allegations involving students from some of our top private schools underlines the need to foster a healthier brand of manhood. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
- by David Leser and Natassia Chrysanthos
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‘Without Jo there would have been no van Gogh’
The celebrated artist’s sister-in-law is finally being hailed as the person who brought his art to the world.
- by Russell Shorto
Tanya Hosch on race, faith and feeling smug at a Beyoncé concert
The South Australian state recipient of the Australian of the Year award discusses the racism she endured as a child, her faith, and the great impact The Apology to the Stolen Generations had on her.
- by Benjamin Law
‘I’ve never felt judged’: two nurses whose friendship scrubs up beautifully
Nurses Beverly Howard, 74, and Olga Learoyd, 70, have worked at Melbourne’s Footscray Hospital for a combined century with neither planning to retire. Having stared tragedy fully in the face some years back, the friends are determined to savour only the best life has to offer – together.
- by Susan Horsburgh
Good Weekend Superquiz and Saturday Target Time, May 15
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This NYC fine diner’s new direction is food for thought
The team at Eleven Madison Park in New York have challenged themselves to make vegan food desirable, covetable, and worthy of a steep price tag.
- by Amelia Lester
New sensations: how artists are using ASMR
Off the back of one of the internet’s strangest phenomena, artists are now creating work specifically designed to induce “oddly satisfying” feelings of wellbeing.
- by Stephanie Wood
What’s for Sunday Lunch? Rock classics with a unique twist
The YouTube duo usually takes a well-known rock song and puts their unique spin on it, with Willcox upping the ante with costumes, dances and situations to entertain her husband and their viewers.
- by Barry Divola
Taking one’s measure: the paradox of judging height
If it is really bothering you, explain that height should be irrelevant, that everyone is equal and that the Tall-Short Double-Standard Non-Reciprocatory Compliment-Insult Paradox is unfair.
- by Danny Katz
Neil Perry’s mushroom risotto cakes with aioli
These cakes are peerless placed on a bed of mixed salad leaves and drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice – a hot, crispy foil to a cold, crispy salad.
- by Neil Perry
It takes two to tarrango
Brown Brothers’ tarrango was once lauded as the next big thing in wine, so where it’s gone?
- by Huon Hooke