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Editor’s Letter

THE AUSTRALIAN Women's Weekly

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In brief

Around the world • Dancers give thanks for abundant harvests at the Sea Feast Festival in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The Tarek Pukat dance is a tribute to the fishermen’s traditional activities.

Out of this world • Australian astrophotographers have been recognised for their skill and patience with the annual Central West Astronomical Society’s David Malin Awards. Zenith by Brighton Seeley won the Nightscapes category, while the overall winner was The Lunar Apennines, Stefan Buda’s image of moon mountains.

The secret to success is love - André Rieu • On the 20th anniversary of his sellout concerts, superstar Dutch violinist André Rieu chats with The Weekly about love and romance, and making the classics more popular than pop.

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MIRANDA TAPSELL All in the family • As Miranda Tapsell co-hosts a new season of Portrait Artist of the Year, she opens up about the important role her mother, Barbara, has played in preparing her for family life and ensuring she’s always able to juggle career with motherhood.

A man for all seasons • Sir Sam Neill was an artist, winemaker and Renaissance man whom Australians took into their homes and hearts. We pay tribute to the Kiwi actor who lit up lives on screen and off.

Why are we yearning for yesteryear? • For the first time in decades, young men and women hold more regressive views on gender equality than the generations that went before. The Weekly investigates the brave new world of tradwives and the manosphere, and meets young people struggling to find their way.

Royal animals • From fireside corgis to horses on parade, animals have worked for, travelled with and won the hearts of royalty for centuries.

Jelena Dokic’s new mission • The retired tennis ace travels to Bangladesh with World Vision, meeting brave girls and women whose resilience deepens her mission to fight abuse and poverty.

PJ LANE ‘Dad was larger than life’ • As PJ Lane pays tribute to his dad, Don, in the glittering stage show I Love Your Faces, he tells The Weekly about the man who raised him – and why he was so much more than just another TV host.

The FULL MIRIAM • At 85, Miriam Margolyes is still relishing life, speaking her mind and making a little mischief.

The snake charmers • Snakebites kill tens of thousands of people each year. But despite harbouring the world’s most venomous snakes, Australia has an extremely low death rate – and it’s all thanks to an unassuming wildlife park on the NSW Central Coast.

SHABANA AZEEZ ‘The audition that changed my life’ • As the rising Australian star leaves LA for a return to local productions, she reveals her unlikely start in the world of acting – and why, should it all fall away tomorrow, she’d be at peace.

ANGEL OF DEATH or MERCY? • Was she one of England’s most brutal serial killers or the victim of its greatest miscarriage of justice? A soon-to-be-released report could shed light on the case of the notorious English nurse convicted of murdering seven babies.

The untold tale of Beatrix Potter • Her books have been warming hearts for more than a century, but the heartbreaking story of Beatrix Potter’s doomed romance is the most moving of all. Marking 160 years since the iconic author’s birth, we revisit the tragic tale.

“We rode 400km together in a show of defiance and love” • The plan to develop a coal seam gas field with 850 gas wells in NSW has supporters and detractors. Three friends opposed to the Narrabri Gas Project rode horseback along...