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Advertising legend Peter Clemenger.

At 98, Peter Clemenger is not too old for one life-affirming revelation

The advertising executive was an industry giant who once child-minded the young Lachlan and James Murdoch.

  • Stephen Brook

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Julie Inman Grant at lunch.

‘I was not really keen on it’: eSafety commissioner tells us what she really thinks of the social media ban

Julie Inman Grant talks about death threats, the dark corners of the internet and making an enemy of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Hannah Fox, the artistic director of Rising, dines at Manze in North Melbourne.

The fantastic Ms Fox rises to the occasion

She oversaw Dark Mofo’s evolution from a tiny, intimate event to a juggernaut. Now heading Melbourne’s Rising, Hannah Fox has a keen eye for talent – and knows the festival’s ultimate goal.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Lunch with Eddie Izzard keeps you on your toes.

Shakespeare, trans politics and tigers: Lunch with Eddie Izzard is a dizzying business

The British comedian/actor/runner/political aspirant has some left-of-field stories to tell.

  • Nick Galvin
Hiroko Yoda explored Japanese spirituality to find peace.

Want a happier life? Try this ‘radically inclusive’ spirituality

Hiroko Yoda’s guide to spirituality resonates worldwide but draws on Japanese wisdom.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Lunch with Fashion Critical, who takes her anonymity seriously.

The undercover critic tearing a strip off the fashion world

From the Oscars to the Brownlow, Fashion Critical runs her gimlet eye over big fashion events, often saying what everyone else is thinking.

  • Cara Waters
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Bestselling author Dervla McTiernan,

The real plot twist that changed Dervla McTiernan’s life

The bestselling author is a self-confessed hugger. She is so warm it’s difficult to believe she makes a living writing about ritualistic mutilation and kidnappings. It wasn’t always the case.

  • Kylie Northover
Sam Berkovic takes up his new role as the president of the Australian Academy of Science in May.

How to lose a scientist: The ‘dispiriting’ system driving our best minds away

Sam Berkovic is the son of a Holocaust survivor and is on a mission to save Australian science – from sceptics spreading misinformation and distrust, and from “pitiful” government investment.

  • Michael Bachelard
Chorizo is off the menu when lunching with heart-health advocate Dr Stephen Fenton.

To save lives, this doctor is defying the orthodoxy

To impress cardiologist Stephen Fenton I keep my lunch choices on the healthy side.

  • Nick Galvin
Four years on from her last book, Antoinette Lattouf is a changed person.

She paused for 20 seconds. Then Antoinette Lattouf told me what she’d say to Ita Buttrose

After her bruising encounter with the ABC, Lattouf says she is a changed woman.

  • Matthew Knott