The August 12 edition
The personality disorder phenomenon: how liars and fakes went mainstream | Besties Leigh Sales & Lisa Millar on perseverance, punctuality and being pals | An impossible mission: searching for Tom Cruise | Why Jimmy “Giggle” Rees swears he’ll never swear in public | Novelist Pip Williams on watching debate around the Voice as her father loses his | Bring back the old Kanye
Narcissists, sociopaths et al: Loved on screen, loathed (and misunderstood) in life
Personality disorders wreak havoc on a startling number of us – from the afflicted to those around them. So why aren’t they better understood?
- by Stephanie Wood
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Find Tom Cruise
The secretive film star makes high-wattage red carpet appearances to promote his new films, but rarely gives in-depth interviews. Nobody even knows where he lives. Or do they?
- by Caity Weaver
‘There was a conversation he wanted to have, but no way to have it’
Amid ongoing debate about the Voice, my father is losing his.
- by Pip WIlliams
‘Burn the diaries’: Leigh Sales’ plea to bestie Lisa Millar
The 28-year friendship between ABC journos Lisa Millar and Leigh Sales was forged in the US, in the wake of 9/11.
- by Amanda Hooton
Hear Ye: The latest Kanye West doco will have you missing the old Kanye
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Various
Turning bikinis into jackets, bedsheets into shirts: The joy of upcycling
The art of extracting new life from old threads.
- by Melissa Singer and Anna-Lisa Backlund
U-turn: How can I reverse a wave of thanks to an ungrateful driver?
Motorists ought to be watching the road, writes our Modern Guru. But if you want to be petty ...
- by Danny Katz
The labour of Hercules
Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: what’s in a name.
- by Paul Connolly
‘Don’t be malicious’ and other commandments of Jimmy ‘Giggle’ Rees
The entertainer appeared on the ABC kids’ show Giggle and Hoot for 11 years. These days, he’s an online comedian with his own set of rules.
- by Benjamin Law
Good Weekend letters to the editor: August 12
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The setting point: Restaurant cutlery is better now, but not necessarily simpler
Congratulations to whomever invented these picker-upperers; they are utterly useless.
- by Terry Durack
Friday night fakeaway: Karen Martini’s pad see ew (Thai rice noodle stir-fry)
This noodle dish has become a staple in Thai restaurants around the world, much like pad Thai, and it’s also a very popular street food.
- by Karen Martini
Lemony pork neck steaks with sultanas and mustard
This kind of mid-week meal can be thrown together in less than 30 minutes but still impresses.
- by Danielle Alvarez
Review
Melbourne
The cult charcoal chook is only part of the story at Chapel Street’s shiny Sydney import Henrietta
The best advice for anyone heading to this glam modern Middle Eastern restaurant in Melbourne is to take your mates: the bigger the army, the better.
- by Larissa Dubecki
Review
Sydney
Hatted newcomer Raja is nothing like other Indian restaurants around Sydney
No one else is serving Indian food with this level of panache and with such youthful energy.
- by Callan Boys