I really don’t like New Year. Despite happy memories of getting engaged on 31 December many moons ago, I find it makes me a bit insecure. I worry there’s a party everyone is going to that I’m not invi

CAROL McGIFFIN

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I love soaps, and I’ll be watching the Coronation Street and Emmerdale “Corriedale” crossover on catch-up. A lot of my fellow Aussies like Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan had huge soap careers, but it

→ What was your standout moment of 2025? When I did my first live show of the year after Taskmaster aired. Audiences were immediately more on board with my particular brand of stupidity, and wanted to

Grief is unpredictable. There I was in May, getting ready for a Kylie concert – my eyeliner had gone on perfectly and my mind was racing. Would my hair go flat after an hour on the Tube? Would the kid