Lifestyle - Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The hair stylers work in a similar manner, but there are key differences – here’s how to decide which one is right for you Sign up for the weekly Filter US newsletter, your guide to buying fewer, better things For nearly 20 years, I’ve been straightening my long, curly hair with so many different gadgets, they fill their own enormous drawer. Inside you’ll find a hair dryer and a backup in case the first one ever breaks; a curling iron that rotates in two directions; a hair-straightening brush for dry hair and another for wet hair; and a broken flat iron I can’t bring myself to part with, plus the replacement I just bought. Despite this arsenal, I’ve never been able to style my hair, per se – no beachy waves, no sky-high volume, no tousled Bridget Bardot sexy bedhead situation. Continue reading...

The sari has gone through many changes over its 5,000-year history. The Offbeat Sari , a new exhibition running at Bunjil Place gallery in Melbourne until 30 August, celebrates the garment in its contemporary form. Featuring more than 50 ensembles, it showcases contemporary sari design’s materials, silhouettes and styling Continue reading...

Herbs bring main-character energy to this fresh parsley salad for spring.

Where traditional religion once gathered people together, digital spirituality is now consumed in isolation, mediated by tech gods with opaque agendas Sign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, here Jim Pu’u didn’t set out to find God. His soul-searching began with a modest idea: to leave a record of his life in case something happened to him. His own father had died young, leaving behind only scraps of his memory, and he didn’t want his daughter to face the same void. In December of 2024, Pu’u, who is 36 and runs a warehouse for a commercial flooring company in Las Vegas, turned to AI. Continue reading...

My sister and I had to make decisions that determined the course of my parents’ final hours. This important end-of-life document could have guided us My parents died three years and two ICU rooms apart. Both were still in their 60s. Neither had a finished will, much less an advance directive – a set of care instructions someone prepares in case they become incapacitated – that could have guided my sister and me. In our early 30s, shellshocked by brutal surprise, we made decisions that determined the course of their final hours. Today, we trust that we honored their wishes, but doubt and distress linger. Continue reading...

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For Easter and beyond, Alice Zaslavsky has this method for cooking fish all wrapped up Check out more Alice Zaslavsky recipes How confident are you when cooking fish at home? Between working out how to pick the right fish at the monger, maintaining moisture, infusing flavour, and keeping the house from smelling like the seaside, there’s a lot to think about. But what if I told you that you’ve got this one … in the bag? Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

She met a likeminded woman online and wants to be friends in real life. Her daughters are suspicious.

After a stroke, mother-in-law loses her filter, and her offended family members struggle to adjust.

They are always hosting but never get invites and wonder if their friends “just don’t like us and are using us.”