Mary Ward

Sydney

Health Reporter at Sydney Morning Herald

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Articles

Charlotte’s clothes fill a storage facility. Soon, they will fit in her wardrobe - and, perhaps, yours

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Mary Ward

By Mary Ward March 23, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With pieces ranging from Victorian-era bodices to Jenny Kee jumpers, Charlotte Smith’s vintage fashion collection is considered one of the most significant in the world and largest in the Southern Hemisphere. But after two decades, the former art and antiques dealer is downsizing.
Charlotte’s clothes fill a storage facility. Soon, they will fit in her wardrobe - and, perhaps, yours

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Mary Ward

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Most Sydney coffee shops close at 3pm. GW Barista opens at 9pm

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Mary Ward

By Mary Ward March 15, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Working for 17 years as an ICU nurse, Gerome Creencia became used to night shift. What he was never quite able to stomach, however, was being unable to get a decent cup of coffee at work. “There was nothing good overnight, really just McDonald’s,” he said.
Why women in NSW are rushing to get IVF treatment now

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Mary Ward

By Mary Ward February 15, 2025 — 2.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. IVF providers say they are seeing a surge in women seeking and finalising fertility treatments before the state government scales back its Australia-first rebate next month.
Why women in NSW are rushing to get IVF treatment now

2 months ago | watoday.com.au | Mary Ward

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NSW’s top baby names for 2024 revealed

Jan 18, 2025 | smh.com.au | Mary Ward

By Mary Ward January 19, 2025 — 12.01am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Do you know a baby called Noah? If you don’t, you probably will soon. With 496 baby Noahs registered with the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages office last year, the four-letter name was the top choice for boys born in NSW in 2024, bringing an end to Oliver’s decade-long reign.
After 800 shows, Australia’s ‘larrikin’ Hamilton learns to say goodbye

Jan 11, 2025 | smh.com.au | Mary Ward

By Mary Ward January 12, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shortly after winning the titular role in the Australian production of Broadway smash Hamilton, Jason Arrow realised there was a problem. In American history, Alexander Hamilton is a revolutionary hero. Strip that away and you’re left with a cocky, philandering bloke who – spoilers – ultimately overestimates himself.
The Sydney suburb at war with itself

Jan 10, 2025 | smh.com.au | Mary Ward

By Mary Ward January 11, 2025 — 1.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Pro-development banners are being slashed and residents threatened with fines as a war over the state government’s railway station housing plan divides one of Sydney’s smallest councils.
Sydney Grammar School dominates with 14 99.95 ATARs

Dec 18, 2024 | smh.com.au | Lucy Carroll |Mary Ward |Ricky Blank

By Lucy Carroll, Mary Ward and Ricky Blank December 19, 2024 — 11.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Sydney private boys school has claimed a quarter of this year’s top ATAR scores, as the gap between boys and girls achieving the accolade widens. Fourteen students from academically selective Sydney Grammar School in Darlinghurst received an ATAR of 99.95 when results were released on Wednesday.
Jen’s teenage summers were all about ‘being brown’. Decades later, she fears nothing has changed

Dec 14, 2024 | smh.com.au | Mary Ward

By Mary Ward December 15, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jen Benfield’s teenage summers were “probably not too dissimilar” to those of many others of her generation. “It was all about being brown because we correlated being brown with how thin we looked,” the 52-year-old from Mosman recalls, with an exasperated laugh.