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Olivia • Newton-John, and her daughter, Chloe, treasure every moment together. In a Weekly exclusive, Samantha Trenoweth shares their mother-daughter time at their rural northern NSW retreat.

Farmer wants a midwife • Country midwife Anne Bousfield covers vast distances with limited resources to deliver life-or-death health care to the women and babies of the bush. Genevieve Gannon joins her on her rounds.

NEALE DANIHER Play on • Neale Daniher made his name as an AFL player and coach, but since his diagnosis with motor neurone disease six years ago, he has created a legacy. Still leading the fight to find a cure, Neale shares some hard-won wisdom with Susan Horsburgh.

The Crown returns A behind the scenes look • As Oscar-winner Olivia Colman leads a whole new cast in the third season of the TV hit, Juliet Rieden investigates its clever fictionalisation of a monarchy still reigning.

Princess Margaret and me • She was Princess Margaret’s best friend, maid of honour at the Queen’s coronation and an aristocratic socialite. Lady Anne Glenconner talks to Juliet Rieden about the highs and lows of her extraordinary life.

Welcome to the good life • Lesley Porter suffered unspeakable childhood trauma, including the loss of her family in a car crash when she was five years old, but animals helped heal her – and now she’s transforming the lives of vulnerable children on her own farm. Lesley tells Susan Horsburgh how she works her animal magic.

Healing the hurt

The loves of my life • In a revealing interview, legendary star Julie Andrews opens up to Juliet Rieden about the complex husband she adored, motherhood, her Hollywood years and the heartbreak of losing her voice.

The second coming of Tim • Working too much, sleeping too little and missing his kids, Tim Minchin poured his soul into a big budget movie that was dumped, sending him into a deep depression. He tells Genevieve Gannon how he got his “pixie dust” back.

Unseen Audrey • In a new book, six legendary photographers have shared never-before-seen images of one of the world’s most iconic stars of all time, Audrey Hepburn.

The hunted • We know that an alarming number of Australian women are killed every year at the hands of men, but the perpetrators are not always known to them. Megan Norris asks, are we underestimating the danger of the stalker?

Promised brides • In the devastating aftermath of World War II, Greek girls exchanged family and village life for a matchmaker’s promise and a one-way ticket to Australia. Their stories didn’t always end happily but Erin O’Dwyer meets three women who risked it all and found love.

A measured request • Join the call of frustrated linen lovers who have found that, in the bedroom, one size never fits all.

Behaving badly • Mary Moody – author, gardener, adventurer – welcomes Jenny Brown to her new home and the life she has made for herself since the death of David, her much-loved husband.

Under a wandering star • At 85, Gloria Steinem has lost none of her passion. Samantha Trenoweth finds the feminist trailblazer still out to change the world.

Beating the same drum • When it comes to carol time, there’s one tradition that has stayed with Aussie families for generations.

Sunshine state • Embrace the warm weather in the lightest of cottons and the softest of silks, in the season’s gelato-hued maxi and midi styles. Robyn Lawley shows how to wear summer’s most effortless trend.

Flower POWER • Soft blooms and sorbet hues will...