From beautiful landscapes to psychedelic fun houses:Santa Fe’s surprises
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From beautiful landscapes to psychedelic fun houses:Santa Fe’s surprises

New Mexico’s arty desert vibes,West Virginia’s rapids,Canada’s northern lights:North America’s travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.

  • byCraig Tansley,Callan Boys,Amelia Lester,Julie Miller,Kerry van der Jagt,Konrad Marshall andRob McFarland

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Ex-FBI boss James Comey still has a passion for sentences – now,as a novelist
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Ex-FBI boss James Comey still has a passion for sentences – now,as a novelist

From sending Martha Stewart and mobsters to jail,to working for Obama and Trump,to becoming America’s “most hated” man ...Next stop:fiction writing.

  • byAmelia Lester
Nappies,hefty mortgages,little job security:What being 40 means today
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Nappies,hefty mortgages,little job security:What being 40 means today

Life may begin at 40,but it’s a very different one to previous generations.

  • byAmelia Lester
We went to Australia’s ‘most dangerous playground’ – and my kids loved it
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We went to Australia’s ‘most dangerous playground’ – and my kids loved it

You can’t judge a book by its cover,but you can judge a society by how it lets its children horse around.

  • byAmelia Lester
A remedy to stop me lying awake? Let me sleep on it
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A remedy to stop me lying awake? Let me sleep on it

Where can you turn when counting sheep,meditation apps and CBD remedies no longer send you to the land of nod?

  • byAmelia Lester
So much at stake:Why I dragged my kids along when voting in the US
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So much at stake:Why I dragged my kids along when voting in the US

We went for ice-creams afterwards – because I want them to see democracy in action as a momentous occasion.

  • byAmelia Lester
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I finally found a wellness retreat I didn’t want to retreat from
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I finally found a wellness retreat I didn’t want to retreat from

Not all wellness retreats are about colonics,calisthenics and green juice.

  • byAmelia Lester
The final push I needed to leave Twitter for good
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The final push I needed to leave Twitter for good

Like a dive bar without the sticky floor,Twitter was a place where weirdos and journos tried out bad jokes and sometimes even made friends. Then Elon came in.

  • byAmelia Lester
Interrupting isn’t necessarily rude – it’s just ‘conversational overlapping’
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Interrupting isn’t necessarily rude – it’s just ‘conversational overlapping’

There’s now a new term for butting in when someone’s talking – and sometimes,it’s considered good manners.

  • byAmelia Lester
My friend will only live in a home that’s ‘fresh out of the box’:Here’s why
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My friend will only live in a home that’s ‘fresh out of the box’:Here’s why

You may never know who owned your home before you,but sometimes,they leave strange traces behind.

  • byAmelia Lester
Easy listening:Why you can’t be lonely in New York
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Easy listening:Why you can’t be lonely in New York

Do New Yorkers project more than everyone else when they speak,or are they all just closer to each other?

  • byAmelia Lester