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The luxury hotel with a seriously expensive secret

With a Freudian-led fine art collection, this boutique hotel in England’s Cotswolds is much more than a place to rest your head.

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Reef sharks, turtles, and whole schools of fish gracefully swim along the main jetty through the impossibly clear water.

This island archipelago rivals Maldives but is a lot closer

Travel
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James French

The luxury hotel with a seriously expensive secret

Travel
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Literary travel — call it a ‘book-cation’ or ‘readaway’ — is having a moment as a boom in bookish trips range from daytrips to week-long holidays.

The bookish travel trend taking readers beyond the page

Travel
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Mira Dorenbosch and husband Jaimy were staying in a private villa when the horrifying robbery unfolded.

Bali warning after influencer’s masked villa horror

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One of the main jobs of orexons is to regulate wakefulness.

Why the brain may be about to have its own Ozempic moment

The Economist
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That frustrating mental haze may have more causes than you realise.

Why you can’t think straight — and what to eat to fix it

Food
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Kombucha tea.

Forget supplements! Here’s why fermented foods are magical

Wellbeing
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Five ways to harness good luck and make it work for you.

‘Good luck isn’t random’: Five ways to get luckier in life

Wellbeing
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Property

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed Treasury’s call that house prices will keep climbing over the next couple of years, even as the downturn deepens and major banks tip further falls.

Chalmers defends housing outlook as banks slash forecasts

Property
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Erin Miller, pictured with daughter Harper, hopes to be able to offer her children some healthy savings to spend on a house deposit.

The housing head start for kids before they can even walk

Property
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A Sydney homeowner has relisted his luxury waterfront townhouse with a dramatically reduced asking price.

Homeowner relists luxury townhouse with $2.8m price drop

Property
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A 15 per cent drop in home mortgage applications, driven by Budget changes to the tax system, portends further falls in property prices.
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Investors are fleeing the property market. Blame Albanese

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That frustrating mental haze may have more causes than you realise.

Why you can’t think straight — and what to eat to fix it

Food
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Kishwar Chowdhury shares a sausage roll recipe with a twist.

Kishwar Chowdhury puts a Bengali twist on the sausage roll

Food
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Australia’s food safety watchdog has sounded the alarm after a supermarket staple was found to have undeclared allergens. 

Food staple pulled from shelves over undeclared milk, eggs

Food
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Kombucha tea.

Forget supplements! Here’s why fermented foods are magical

Wellbeing
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Wine

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Actor Sam Neill’s wine brand is best known for producing riesling, rose, and pinot noir.

Late actor’s business booms after sudden death

Wine
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Marc Fennell has a new podcast out, Corked.

What a cheating scandal in the world of elite wine reveals

Pop Culture
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The industry fears humble Australian vintages could be replaced on US shelves by bulk American wine. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Tariff risks US market crash for humble Aussie wines

Business
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The removal of punitive tariffs has led to a big increase in exports of Australian wine to China. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Aussie wine back on China's shelves, but will it sell?

World
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Car maker recalls 1.3m vehicles over fears they could catch fire

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Drivers will be able to get KFC take away food and charge their car in less than ten minutes.

KFC, BYD to deliver 9-minute feed and fuel drive thru

Business
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Over 13,000 Toyota Hilux models have been recalled.

‘Risk of death’: Australia’s most popular ute recalled

Motoring
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The PM will visit Singapore earlier than expected, in the wake of the fuel crisis.

EV sales hit new record high in Australia amid oil crisis

Australia
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Retailers, including Bunnings, have started removing popular bait products.

‘Unacceptable risk’: Item stripped from Bunnings’ shelves

Australia
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The tremors were felt as far away as Kalgoorlie and Perth.

Rumbling earthquake recorded in Wheatbelt, felt in Perth

Home
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The council aims to make all new homes, offices and hotels fully-electric by 2027.

Huge change for new homes as major council imposes ban

Australia
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Extreme weather events are pushing up insurance costs beyond what some households can afford.

Aussies giving up key protections in cost-of-living crunch

Politics
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Garden

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Putricia the corpse flower has captured the frenzied attention of Sydneysiders and the world as she blooms in a once-in-a-generation event.

Rare flower that smells like rotting corpse begins to bloom

Garden
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Better Homes and Gardens designer and decorator Juliet Love.

Juliet Love shares tips summer entertaining ease

Food
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Salvia has to be the No.1 easy-care flowering perennial.

Perennials in Australia get a bad rap. They shouldn’t

Garden
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Tanya Senior swapped life as a public servant for getting her hands dirty in a market garden. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The training farm giving desk jockeys a fresh start

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Fashion

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Daniel Grieder split the brand into two, partnering with David Beckham for BOSS.

One Brit’s Boss battle for German fashion label

Business
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Cardi B, Beyonce and Hailey Bieber.

All the best and worst celebrity looks from the Met Gala

Fashion
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Heidi Klum, Kylie Jenner and a masked Katy Perry on the Met Gala red carpet.
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Daring nudes and ‘alien brides’ star on Met Gala red carpet

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This year is not the first year clouded by protest. A pro-Palestinian protest took place at 2024’s event.

Shock protest move as billionaire backs 2026 Met Gala

The New York Times
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