Holidays

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Health & Medicine

How to avoid food poisoning this festive season

Food poisoning is a terrible way to ruin the holidays, but there are some simple steps to help you stay safe and enjoy your favourite foods

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Arts & Culture

Where have all the good festive films gone?

Every festive season for years, we’ve been served Christmas schmaltz at the movies, but that’s now changing. And while we’re on the subject, why is Die Hard a Christmas film?

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Arts & Culture

Family movies, for the soul

The holidays are here, the family is around, so what feel-good movies should you watch together to reconnect with the meaningful? Relax, here are ten for you

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Health & Medicine

Holiday stress and how to beat it

Seventy per cent of us experience a spike in stress over the festive season, but some understanding of why we get anxious and the effect on our bodies can help us relax this Christmas

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Arts & Culture

Birth of the holiday road trip

The Easter break exodus across Australia reminds us of a time when the open road was king

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Arts & Culture

Part 2: 2018 Summer reading

Reading a good book on holiday is one of life’s indulgences, but getting a gem of a recommendation can be a true gift

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Health & Medicine

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Go Figure

Do you really get sick as soon as you go on holiday?

We all look forward to holidays. But does it ever seem that as soon as you take a break, you get sick?

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Arts & Culture

Part 1: 2018 Summer reading

Reading a good book on holiday is one of life’s indulgences, but getting a gem of a recommendation can be a true gift

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Arts & Culture

I’m dreaming of a...

Christmas songs and films are ripe with a festive nostalgia. In this edited extract of her book, Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural, Dr Lauren Rosewarne looks at some of the reasons for our hankering for yesteryear, real or

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Health & Medicine

Helping high anxiety on holiday

For most people, Christmas holidays are fun, but for millions of Australians experiencing anxiety, it can be an incredibly stressful time

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