October / November 2008 Features

Fast Track

^{Sarah Saunders | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
Eleven-time Melbourne Cup winner, Bart Cummings, is a legend in Australian racing circles. But at the age of 80 can he make it twelve? Bart shares his training secrets and tips for the Spring Racing Carnival.

Keeping Love Alive in Retirement

^{Amanda Gordon | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
After a lifetime in the workforce, spending day-in day-out together can be a challenge. Here’s how not to drive each other crazy in retirement.

Big Dipper

^{Pauline Vamos | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
This year the over-50s have been rocked by negative superannuation returns. Superannuation Funds of Australia head, Pauline Vamos, says think longer term and don’t panic.

Brush Strokes

^{Casey-Ann Seaniger | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
At 97 you’d think landscape artist Leonard Long would be putting down his brush. Not so. He’s painting prolifically, planning an exhibition for his 100th birthday and chatting about working with Albert Namatjira. Read more.

Price Bite

^{Graeme Samuel | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
With food prices soaring, the big supermarkets have been demonised for making groceries less affordable. But is our wrath misplaced? Graeme Samuel outlines the findings of the ACCC’s national grocery enquiry and explains what’s going on. Read more.

Spring Clean

^{OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
With summer around the corner now’s the perfect time to start shedding those winter kilos. And eating well needn’t be boring says celebrity chef Janelle Bloom.

Heaven Scent

^{Nadine Williams | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
When it comes to perfume the French reign supreme. Francofile and best-selling author, Nadine Williams, heads into the lavender fields of Provence in search of a few perfume-making secrets.

Is John McCain Too Old?

^{Everald Compton | OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2008}
Why even ask this question? I have met people whose physical age is thirty but who are mentally geriatric. Their brain is little used and hasn’t grown from their school days when it was asleep anyway. Read more.