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Jude Law as Jake, Jason Bateman as Vince in Black Rabbit.

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Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars front Netflix series

This week Screen Queen Clare is inhaling a Jude Law/Jason Bateman Netflix series, going deep on Erin Patterson, getting her form guide out for the Emmys, and testing her gen X knowledge with Anne Edmonds.

Clare Rigden

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 A wake-up call for all parents and grandparents

It’s sad to say, and don’t take this personally, but your kids are breaking up with you. Slowly, gently, bit by bit. It’s mostly the way things should be but this column is a timely warning that it’s coming. 

Adrian Barich

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THAT’S LIFE One ticket to the pillow show, please

A surgeon recently told me he also gets up at 4am, and operates on people all day WITHOUT NAPPING. I was so startled I had to have a lie down. Last week I managed to take a nap that shocked my friends.

Nat Locke

Spaghetti carbonara. Olive oil-fried guanciale permeates the dish with its irresistible porkiness. Food styled by Sarah Jampel.

NYT RECIPE Spaghetti Carbonara

“You probably think I do this for everybody,” says Meryl Streep in the film Heartburn, after cooking a late-night carbonara. We can’t all be Meryl, but you can whip up a mean pasta with this foolproof recipe.

Ian Fisher

Kevin Parker aka Tame Impala is releasing his fifth album, Deadbeat, in October.

STM Loves A few of our favourite things for this week

Our tips include a new album from a WA music icon, a Fremantle event for champagne lovers, a gorgeous summer dress and the Perth Royal Show’s new fireworks.

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Miranda Tapsell stars in Top End Bub, streaming on Prime Video.

TVGet ready to fall in love with Miranda Tapsell’s new show

How a conversation with her Top End Wedding collaborator led Miranda Tapsell to question her own life choices — and create a new show that celebrates the beauty of found families.

Clare Rigden

La Condesa in Subiaco.

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La Condesa making tricky catch-ups easy

After considering dietaries, convenience, packed calendars and the dreaded flu, booking lunch as an adult is anything but simple. But if you manage to lock in a unicorn date, this Subi spot is worth your time.

Jade Jurewicz

Shanaya Liana, from Chadwick Models, pictured at La Lune, East Fremantle. Shanaya wears Viktoria & Woods Tanner pant, Solstice shirt and Frankie from Claremont Quarter; Soklich & Co aquamarine and diamond drop earrings, blue sapphire and diamond ring, yellow oval cut diamond ring, blue pear cut sapphire and white diamond ring, and yellow radiant cut diamond ring. HMU: Holly Garvey Styling: Megan French

fashion shootA slice of Paris in Perth with French-inspired chic

STM brings the City of Light’s trademark understated glamour to our own City of Lights with a Parisian-style shoot at East Fremantle’s La Lune bistro.

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Dads are often portrayed as a joke but here’s the reality

From Peter Griffin to Homer Simpson, we’re the punchline. But most dads I know are doing the school run, standing in the rain at weekend sport, or trying to fix things that they have no business fixing. 

Adrian Barich

Nat Locke likes to use stories about her dad for radio content.

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A tribute to half of my gene pool

I thought this Father’s Day would be the perfect day to tell you about my dad, in all his quintessential hat wearing farmer glory.

Nat Locke

The Summer I Turned Pretty’s final season is streaming on Prime Video.

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Why this teen series has such a stranglehold on fans

This week Screen Queen Clare is counting down the days till the #TSITP finale, picking her jaw off the floor after watching Unknown Number, getting excited for Only Murders and checking in with Charlie Sheen.

Clare Rigden

“Marry Me” salmon. The salmon is mostly cooked on the skin side, then gently poaching the flesh side in a creamy sun-dried tomato sauce. Food styled by Brett Regot. (Armando Rafael/The New York Times)

NYT recipe Marry Me Salmon

A proliferation of “Marry Me” recipes, featuring everything from chicken to beans, made me wonder: just because you can drench something in that dreamy 90s creamy tomato sauce, should you? You should.

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2024 Community Father of the Year Shaun Chandran with children Syreeta, 10, and Marley, 7.

Father’s Day‘But what if no one shows up?’

Child psychologist Shaun Chandran wasn’t sure if the dads group idea mattered to anyone but him. Now, with 600 members, the Community Father of the Year knows dads don’t want to do it alone.

Jade Jurewicz

Superdry Father's Day edit with new dad and purple Wiggle, John Pearce.

father’s day Purple Wiggle John Pearce has a new favourite role: Dad

When Pearce toured with The Wiggles this year, he had something new to factor in: his baby son. But he didn’t have to make any tough choices; Henry and his wife Jessie came along for two months on the road.

Katherine Fleming

Cafe Yoka

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If it’s true we eat with our eyes, you’ll be full

As the kind of person who will always choose savoury over sweet, Cafe Yoka is really not the type of joint I’d usually find myself drawn to. 

Simone Grogan

Jarred Wall will perform as Djidi Djidi (Willy Wagtail) in Aliwah Bardinar! at Awesome Festival.

STM Loves A few of our favourite things for the week

Our tips include pre-planning some school holiday entertainment, a colourful shoe range for spring, handbag customisation at Karrinyup, a bustling Subi market and a tea and literature collaboration.

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Pasta with green bean ragu. This spoonable pasta is a dance of sorts between two pots: one with fresh green beans and orecchiette, the other with sausage ragu.

NYT recipe Pasta with green bean ragu

This spoonable pasta, the result of smart home cooking, is a dance of sorts between two pots.

Eric Kim

The Paper is coming to Binge.

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Why does everyone hate a spin-off?

This week our Screen Queen is dipping into The Paper, checking out Wednesday: Part 2, catching up with NCIS: Tony & Ziva, and getting her sleuth on with Grosse Pointe Garden Society.

Clare Rigden

Nat Locke is an STM columnist.

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I have an oral hygiene confession to make

Years ago, on Ten Years Younger In Ten Days, a guy with black teeth admitted, under Sonia Kruger’s rigorous examination, that he hadn’t been to the dentist for seven years. It’s time I also came clean. 

Nat Locke

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STMA few of our favourite things from this week

Perth Symphony Orchestra’s WA Stories series is celebrating cultural legend Richard Walley, the Perth International Burlesque Festival is coming up, and we’ve found a perfect drink for the warmer weather.

Megan French and Katherine Fleming

Jess Gomes for Claremont Quarter's Spring Summer 2025 Campaign, shot at Rottnest Island. Styling by Teagan Sewell. Hair by Daniel Hemsley Maurice Meade. Makeup by Francesca Poggi. Produced by Claire Davies, Scotter Projects. Hunza G bathers, $329, from David Jones. Oroton ‘Romy’ bracelet, $299, from Oroton. Camilla and Marc ‘Sabel’ cuffs, $250-$280, from Camilla and Marc. Sportsgirl earrings, $19.95set, and bangle set, $7.95 from Sportsgirl. All from Claremont Quarter.

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Home soil a healing ground for Jessica Gomes

Former Sports Illustrated model Jessica Gomes is returning to Perth — her “safe space” and the childhood home that shaped her — to front Claremont Quarter’s spring-summer campaign.

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Casey Beros’ book Next Of Kin, about caring for her terminally ill dad, is the story of her own experience and a practical guide for those who find themselves caregivers to a loved one.

book extract CommentsWA health writer Casey Beros’ guide to caring for loved ones

Between young children, a dying dad, a career/need to contribute income and maintaining some semblance of relationships, I am as under the pump as a person can get. I’m core-of-the-Earth under. 

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One-pot Japanese curry chicken in New York, May 28, 2020. Usually milder and sweeter than Indian curries, classic Japanese curry is a thick beef-and-vegetable stew served over rice. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)

NYT recipe One-pot Japanese curry chicken and rice

Usually milder and sweeter than Indian curries, this is an easy weeknight version of a classic Japanese curry; a one-pot meal featuring juicy chicken thighs, vegetables and rice.

Kay Chun

Butterfly Effect choreographer Alice Topp with WA Ballet dancers Alexa Tuzil, Chihiro Nomura and Dayana Hardy Acuna.

BalletButterfly takes flight to a world of possibilities

Australian choreographer Alice Topp’s quest to redefine female roles in ballet has resulted in a more relatable leading lady in WA Ballet’s world premiere of Butterfly Effect.

Tanya MacNaughton