Juliet Rieden

2 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Juliet Rieden

Patricia Karvelas – best known to the nation as ABC’s “PK” – opens her front door with the hyperactive bundle of fluff that is Bindi the cavoodle hot on her heels. “Sorry,” she says, holding back the family pooch whose exuberance, I soon discover, mirrors her mistress’s unquenchable zest.

3 weeks ago | womensweekly.com.au | Juliet Rieden

At school, Jamie Oliver struggled with dyslexia, so writing a kids’ book is a dream come true. In an emotional interview, the TV chef reveals how he conquered his demons, why women rock his world and the thrill of marrying wife Jools all over again. How Jamie Oliver dealt with school and dyslexiaJamie Oliver doesn’t have happy memories of school. “Cooking saved me when I was struggling with the writing stuff at school,” he says with a gentle sigh.

Jan 21, 2025 | womensweekly.com.au | Juliet Rieden

Jane Fonda is set to make her return to Sydney after seven years to headline the Wanderlust True North Series in June 2025. To celebrate the news we’re looking back on this legendary (and former The Australian Women’s Weekly cover) star’s interview with us in the May 2023 issue of the magazine. The iconic actress is taking to the stage in The Plenary in Melbourne on Thursday, June 12, 202,5 and the ICC Theatre in Sydney on Sunday, June 15 2025.

Jan 16, 2025 | womensweekly.com.au | Juliet Rieden

When the news broke on December 6 that icon Maggie Tabberer had died age 87, a dazzling star went out in Australia’s fashion firmament. Modest Maggie would have been surprised at how intense the outpouring of emotion was. The news of her passing was the lead story for every newspaper, social media site, radio and TV network. The loss felt by Australia was palpable, for even though she was “a very old lady” – her words not mine – Maggie never lost her lustre.

Dec 5, 2024 | womensweekly.com.au | Juliet Rieden

It was 6am this morning when “darling Maggie” left us, her daughter Brooke Tabberer tells me. She was surrounded by her family, daughters Brooke and Amanda and her beloved grandson Marco. “Maggie was very happy, very comfortable and most important of all in no pain,” shares her daughter Amanda who lived with Maggie at their home in Sydney.