Jimbour is the Middle of Nowhere Surprise
Jimbour is one of Queensland’s great pastoral estates. At the peak of construction there were 200 workers on site. And since this story was written Jimbour now offers tours of its grand interior. Tours can be booked online
Ros Reines Essential Ingredients for a Bondi Beach Picnic
Guest Goddess Ros Reines heads out to tests every patch of grass from Bondi Beach to Bronte to deliver the perfect picnic plan, for groups big and small.
Snorkelling Day Trip to Tangalooma Resort, Moreton Island
A snorkelling day trip to Tangalooma resort on Moreton Island is (in my opinion) hands down the best one-off adventure from Brisbane. The day trip runs on a tight schedule, the feeling is total escape and the snorkelling is next level.
Gentle Yoga for Terrible Times
Joyce Wu’s Gentle Yoga for Terrible Times has a following of some 11,000 people. It’s Zoom Yoga at home which you can book, free.
The Elizabeth David Picnic Secret
Elizabeth David believed in the pain bagnat for picnics. Also known as the pan bagnat or pan bagna. It comes from Nice, where you can buy it everywhere, but has become a European picnic classic.
The Miss Dior Podcast
Most recently acclaimed in The Wall Street Journal. Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture is the fashion biography of the year.
Tied By More Than Thread by Lily Gutierrez
Continuing to share clothes with my lost friend is my reminder of everything invisible we shared between the clothes. Lily Gutierrez remembers her friend, Venus.
Holiday Goddess Fashion Faux Pas Confessions by Ros Reines
I wore a screamingly bright, multi-coloured, sequin scattered Camilla jumpsuit to lunch at the legendary Club 55 in St Tropez. It seems I had not received the memo – the entire dining room was in white with the only deviation, a light blue trim.
The Full Moon and You
Spending more time at home, indoors has made us all more aware of the Full Moon. Is it true that it affects us more than we realise? And when is the next one?
Lily Gutierrez’s Daughter Finds Freedom in a Locked Down World
Guest Goddess Lily Gutierrez explores how an extended period of lockdown triggered home-schooling, where her daughter’s school uniform didn’t see the light of day, helped empower and transform her five-year old. Plus the lessons she learnt about herself along the way.
Kilts. From Sylvia Plath to Harry Styles
The classic kilt was popularised by Her Majesty the Queen in the 1950s and poet Sylvia Plath made it her own, some years later. Today, Plath’s kilt with her name-tag stitched into the waistband is rocketing up in value at auction houses, and everyone from Harry Styles to Dolce & Gabbana is making tartan desirable. How can you order your own kilt, to your measurements, in your family tartan? (Or just a David Bowie homage tartan)?
The Alexa Chung Podcast
British fashion designer and repeat ELLE cover star talks about her musical influences on this classic podcast