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In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

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WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

latest 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

latest 8

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

latest 7

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

Can we separate the athlete from their actions? Should we?

17.01.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count
17.01.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count
17.01.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

Can we separate the athlete from their actions? Should we?

17.01.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

On paper, my hobbies mostly mark me out as either an early settler or massive dag. Tapestry, for one. But some pursuits should be left to the experts.

10.01.2025 20

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt
10.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt
10.01.2025 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

On paper, my hobbies mostly mark me out as either an early settler or massive dag. Tapestry, for one. But some pursuits should be left to the experts.

10.01.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously,...

03.01.2025 4

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously,...

03.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously,...

03.01.2025 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously,...

03.01.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 2

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 9

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 8

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 3

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing makeup? Then call me a bad feminist

Bum. It’s taken 58 years and multiple tutorials with my mate Mia to get to grips with how to do eyeliner. But just when I’ve reached the point...

06.12.2024 3

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing makeup? Then call me a bad feminist

Bum. It’s taken 58 years and multiple tutorials with my mate Mia to get to grips with how to do eyeliner. But just when I’ve reached the point...

06.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing makeup? Then call me a bad feminist

Bum. It’s taken 58 years and multiple tutorials with my mate Mia to get to grips with how to do eyeliner. But just when I’ve reached the point...

06.12.2024 4

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing makeup? Then call me a bad feminist

Bum. It’s taken 58 years and multiple tutorials with my mate Mia to get to grips with how to do eyeliner. But just when I’ve reached the point...

06.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Why the wicked mother-in-law archetype never dies

Pour a slug of gin and clasp your pearls, people. The latest inevitable trope in the royal reality show is upon us. With Kate-versus-Meghan stories...

29.11.2024 2

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Why the wicked mother-in-law archetype never dies

Pour a slug of gin and clasp your pearls, people. The latest inevitable trope in the royal reality show is upon us. With Kate-versus-Meghan stories...

29.11.2024 4

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Why the wicked mother-in-law archetype never dies

Pour a slug of gin and clasp your pearls, people. The latest inevitable trope in the royal reality show is upon us. With Kate-versus-Meghan stories...

29.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Holly and Bianca could have been any one of our children

It starts with a passport. An open-ended ticket. A backpack crammed with quick-dry undies, optimism and parents’ hearts. You wave them off,...

22.11.2024 3

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Holly and Bianca could have been any one of our children

It starts with a passport. An open-ended ticket. A backpack crammed with quick-dry undies, optimism and parents’ hearts. You wave them off,...

22.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Holly and Bianca could have been any one of our children

It starts with a passport. An open-ended ticket. A backpack crammed with quick-dry undies, optimism and parents’ hearts. You wave them off,...

22.11.2024 20

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Holly and Bianca could have been any one of our children

It starts with a passport. An open-ended ticket. A backpack crammed with quick-dry undies, optimism and parents’ hearts. You wave them off,...

22.11.2024 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills

An hour into Cold Chisel’s concert in Ballarat last weekend, there was a sweet spot. Flame Trees followed by Khe Sanh, then Bow River. Yep, I’d...

15.11.2024 2

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills

An hour into Cold Chisel’s concert in Ballarat last weekend, there was a sweet spot. Flame Trees followed by Khe Sanh, then Bow River. Yep, I’d...

15.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills

An hour into Cold Chisel’s concert in Ballarat last weekend, there was a sweet spot. Flame Trees followed by Khe Sanh, then Bow River. Yep, I’d...

15.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills

An hour into Cold Chisel’s concert in Ballarat last weekend, there was a sweet spot. Flame Trees followed by Khe Sanh, then Bow River. Yep, I’d...

15.11.2024 3

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents

When my husband was a kid, his mum Jenny – a PR maven and producer of Hey, Hey It’s Saturday – showed up at home one day with something for him...

08.11.2024 1

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents

When my husband was a kid, his mum Jenny – a PR maven and producer of Hey, Hey It’s Saturday – showed up at home one day with something for him...

08.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents

When my husband was a kid, his mum Jenny – a PR maven and producer of Hey, Hey It’s Saturday – showed up at home one day with something for him...

08.11.2024 1

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents

When my husband was a kid, his mum Jenny – a PR maven and producer of Hey, Hey It’s Saturday – showed up at home one day with something for him...

08.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Once a respectable corner of the internet, LinkedIn has jumped the shark

Unofficially anyway, I’m no party pooper, especially online. Happy to post a Crypt Keeper bikini photo, cheer on anyone not sure about their new...

01.11.2024 2

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Once a respectable corner of the internet, LinkedIn has jumped the shark

Unofficially anyway, I’m no party pooper, especially online. Happy to post a Crypt Keeper bikini photo, cheer on anyone not sure about their new...

01.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Once a respectable corner of the internet, LinkedIn has jumped the shark

Unofficially anyway, I’m no party pooper, especially online. Happy to post a Crypt Keeper bikini photo, cheer on anyone not sure about their new...

01.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny