Vivid Sydney 2025: Martha Stewart Still Going Strong at 83

Martha Stewart has never tip‑toed around controversy, and she wasn’t about to start when she strode onstage at the ICC Sydney Theatre for Vivid Sydney’s Australian‑exclusive “In Conversation” with writer Benjamin Law. The 83‑year‑old lifestyle mogul fired off quips about burnout, millennials and royal etiquette, while also teasing her next round of business plays including…

ByRobyn Foyster29/05/2025

Baking Entertaining & Wine

Janet DeNeefe Shares Her Coconut Panna Cotta Recipe

This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us including her Coconut Panna Cotta Recipe. INGREDIENTS 30gm white sugar 1/4 cup water 1 1/4 cup coconut milk 1 leaf of titanium strength gelatine or 2 teaspoons gelatine 2 fat pieces orange rind, grated 1 teaspoon vanilla…

ByJanet DeNeefe29/05/2025

Beauty & Fashion Hair Skin & Body

Best Choice For Skin Cycling with Dr Naomi Skin

Best Choice For Skin Cycling with Dr Naomi Skin! Skin Cycling, created by American doctor Whitney Bowe, is a relatively recent fad in the world of anti-aging skincare. When it comes to Skin Cycling, nothing beats Dr Naomi Skin products! These days, it's impossible to go online without coming across skincare advice, some of which…

ByMary Grace Sahagun28/05/2025

Health Nutrition

What Does A Heart Healthy Diet Look Like?

Having a heart healthy diet means enjoying a balanced diet including a variety of different food groups like plenty of vegetables, fruit, wholegrains, protein rich foods like eggs, unflavoured dairy, healthy fats and oils as well as swapping your salt for herbs and spices. Here are my three key points to explain how having a…

ByJoanna McMillan28/05/2025

Health Relationships

How Childhood Shapes Adult Love And Relationships

Extracted from Relationship Reset by Lissy Abrahams, Published by Macmillan Australia, RRP $34.99 The Carousel is proud to publish excerpts by psychotherapist and relationships expert Lissy Abrahams from her best-selling book Relationship Reset – How to break the cycle of conflict and create secure and lasting love. Lissy has spent years exploring the question, “Why do we fight most with…

ByLissy Abrahams28/05/2025

Advice Destinations Luxury Travel & Leisure

Fabulous Fiji: Why Denarau Island Is So Hot Right Now!

With stunning beaches, year-round warm weather and some of the friendliest people you’ll meet on the planet, there’s never a bad time to visit Fiji. But if you’re looking to save a few bucks in the process of embracing Fiji Time – the ubiquitous local euphemism for the relaxed, unhurried way of life there – now…

ByJames Graham28/05/2025

Beauty & Fashion Hair Skin & Body

The Best Moisturising Products For Your Skin Type

Moisturising is an essential part of any skincare routine, so it's important to do your research to find the best moisturising products for your unique skin concerns. Even those with oily skin need to moisturise, because without hydration, your skin may actually overcompensate by producing more oil! Whatever your skin type, we've made the search…

ByAlice Duthie28/05/2025

Destinations Travel & Leisure

5 Reasons Solo Female Travel Is So Popular

With a recent study finding that search volume for the term ‘female solo travel’ across all search engines has increased by 62% in the past three years and 84% of solo travellers today being women, the recent launch of Lonely Planet's new book "Women Travel Solo" is timely. This extract examines the reasons why solo…

ByRobyn Foyster28/05/2025

Anti-Ageing Beauty & Fashion

Why This French Woman Convinced us to Invest in Eye Cream…

The question of whether you really need an eye cream has likely crossed your mind. After all, given the cost of living crisis, it can be tempting to leave the under-eye hydration situation to your every day moisturiser! However, according to Mathilde Thomas, the visionary co-founder of Caudalie - the cult beauty brand that's almost…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa28/05/2025

Food & Drink Your Recipes

Chorizo & Seafood Paella

You will need a paella pan of about 45cm, but if you don’t have one then the biggest skillet you have will suffice. Making a sofrito A sofrito is one of the building blocks for all good paella and many other sauces in Spanish cuisine such as romesco. It’s basically a jam of onions, garlic…

ByRobyn Foyster28/05/2025