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Sydney Morning Herald
2 hours ago
- Lifestyle
- Sydney Morning Herald
Avoid using the ‘big' light with these moody floor and table lamps
This story is part of the June 1 edition of Sunday Life. See all 14 stories. Ditch harsh overheads for a warm lamp glow, from an iconic rattan standing light to a sun-inspired portable solution and a vibrant pleated paper shade. Where to buy: Fenton & Fenton 'Cindy' floor lamp, $420; Foscarini 'Binic' table lamp, $325; Paola & Joy 'Evie' table lamp, $249; Anglepoise 'Type 80″ desk lamp, $505. Where to buy: KEY PIECE Louis Poulsen's classic 'Panthella 160' ($342 from Finnish Design Shop) in a handy portable design; Eva Solo 'Radiant' portable lamp, $495; Gubi '9602' floor lamp, $2299. Where to buy: Hay 'Matin' table lamp, $490; Le Klint 'Model 343″ table lamp, $2995; Bloomingdales 'Sofia' table lamp, $677.
The Age
2 hours ago
- Lifestyle
- The Age
Avoid using the ‘big' light with these moody floor and table lamps
This story is part of the June 1 edition of Sunday Life. See all 14 stories. Ditch harsh overheads for a warm lamp glow, from an iconic rattan standing light to a sun-inspired portable solution and a vibrant pleated paper shade. Where to buy: Fenton & Fenton 'Cindy' floor lamp, $420; Foscarini 'Binic' table lamp, $325; Paola & Joy 'Evie' table lamp, $249; Anglepoise 'Type 80″ desk lamp, $505. Where to buy: KEY PIECE Louis Poulsen's classic 'Panthella 160' ($342 from Finnish Design Shop) in a handy portable design; Eva Solo 'Radiant' portable lamp, $495; Gubi '9602' floor lamp, $2299. Where to buy: Hay 'Matin' table lamp, $490; Le Klint 'Model 343″ table lamp, $2995; Bloomingdales 'Sofia' table lamp, $677.
The Age
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Pâté twice in a day: What a dietitian thinks of this food regime
This story is part of the June 1 edition of Sunday Life. See all 14 stories. Gideon Obarzanek is a choreographer and director. The 58-year-old shares his day on a plate. 7am Tea with milk in bed looking out the window and checking overnight news and emails. 8am Breakfast is a double espresso with oat milk. Homemade muesli with Greek yoghurt, oat milk, freshly cut yellow grapefruit and persimmon. 1pm Lunch is liverwurst with dill pickles on two pieces of seeded sourdough toast. Tea with milk and one homemade Anzac biscuit. 5.30pm One non-alcoholic beer, one glass of white wine, cheese, pate, pickled fennel and crackers. 7pm Dinner tonight is roast lamb shoulder, roast potatoes and carrots. Plus a Greek salad and two glasses of red wine. 10pm Before heading to bed I have a non-caffeine herbal tea and a piece of homemade pear and ginger cake. Dr Joanna McMillan says
The Age
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
She's written five bestsellers in five years, all before turning 35
This story is part of the June 1 edition of Sunday Life. See all 14 stories. There is a theory that the best romantic fiction mimics the intoxicating feelings of falling in love – joy, euphoria, anguish, distraction, hope. It's no wonder, then, that Emily Henry has such a devoted following. Every year, without fail, she makes her readers fall hopelessly in love. For Henry herself, the process is an equally seductive experience. 'Even when I'm writing these books, I feel like I'm falling in love,' she tells me over Zoom from her home in Cincinnati, Ohio. 'When I read my favourite romance writers, I feel that same giddiness and desperation for more. You just can't get enough.' The 34-year-old, who grew up in Kentucky and Ohio, began her career writing young adult fiction after graduating from university. Then, in 2020, Henry published her first adult romance, Beach Read. She has published a novel a year since, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide and dominating The Sunday Times (UK) and The New York Times bestseller lists. All five of those books are being adapted for film or television, with every production update and casting announcement sending her excitable fans into raptures. In the modern romantic literary universe – where the author Rebecca Yarros creates fantasies featuring dragons and battles, while Colleen Hoover explores trauma and heartbreak – EmHen, as she is known to her fans, has established her own category of crushingly romantic books charged with longing and sexual chemistry. Her novels typically include women who are self-possessed and funny and men who are emotionally available, while the setting is always picturesque; the distinctive ice-cream colour palette of the book covers depicting these sun-kissed settings belies the sophistication of her writing. There is plenty of rom and even more com, but Henry elevates the genre with carefully wrought characters and clever banter. Loading A love of literature is all-defining for Henry. Many of her characters are authors, or work in publishing, and she regularly shares book recommendations on social media. These are mostly new titles, though the classics regularly come up too – J.D. Salinger and Jane Austen are just two of the names she drops during our conversation. In person, Henry is as thoughtful and disarming as the characters she conjures up. Having been married for a few years (she won't share how many), she says it's a long time since she's had her heart broken but that she's still able to summon the emotions from formative heartbreaks. 'I've always been a person with really, really big feelings, so those heartbreaks definitely made a mark.' Big feelings are key to the enormous success of Henry's books, in which both her characters and readers have to really earn the emotional rewards. In You and Me on Vacation, which was published in 2021, Poppy and Alex spend 12 years and 361 engrossing pages navigating friendship, professional disappointments and misunderstandings on the path to realising what they mean to each other. In Beach Read, the title of which is a knowing wink to the preconceptions about the genre, January and Gus, both authors crippled by writer's block, have to confront their individual relationship histories and overcome their creative conflicts before they can enjoy true happiness together.
The Age
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Maggie Alderson no longer ‘wastes' her money on this designer item
This story is part of the June 1 edition of Sunday Life. See all 14 stories. Each week, we quiz a prominent person about their style and the inspiration behind it. Ahead, writer Maggie Alderson. How would you describe your style? It's a high-low mix of new, second-hand and what I call 'me vintage' – designer pieces that I've had for longer than 20 years. What are the oldest things in your wardrobe? A black velvet opera coat from the 1920s and my dad's cashmere cardigans. They are my treasures. And the most recent addition? A pair of dark denim wide-leg jeans. I'm trying to limit my new garments to six a year; I'm at three already. What would you wear … on a first date? A leopard-print Moschino blazer with Gucci tailored pants from the 2000s, one of my silk blouses with a necktie, a pair of mad trainers and one of my good bags from the days when I used to waste money on designer handbags. … on a plane? I like to be elegant. I'll wear chinos with a chic sweatshirt, a blazer and silk scarf. My husband always wears a suit. … on the red carpet? A silk dress by Alber Elbaz for Lanvin. What's your favourite fashion era? The '90s was great for fashion. Tom Ford for Gucci was the epitome of it. That red velvet suit was a moment. Who are your favourite fashion designers? John Galliano, Alexander McQueen and Phoebe Philo. What's your fragrance of choice? Grandiflora's 'Magnolia Michel'. What are the three essential items in your wardrobe? A cashmere stole, a nylon cross-body bag and a good tuxedo jacket.
