Them's the breaks

Disenchanted players may benefit from taking time off from the game, in the footsteps of Stuart Dew and Barry Hall.

You can go your own way

The net has empowered Imogen Heap to leave the labels behind and generate millions of fans worldwide. By Craig Mathieson.

If a festival ain't broke . . .

BOOKMARKS Adelaide Writers Week shuns more of a good thing, Hachette makes its entree into the festival soirees, and Picador hits the right note, while Irvine Welsh is perfectly ghastly, writes Jason Steger.

Relish a new role

Two actors work their own tasty way. By Jacqui Taffel.

Go Around The Blend

Coffee lovers jump at the chance to sample beans from the world's best plantations.

Go To Plan B

BUSINESS planning is like exercise - we all know we should do it, yet too often it falls by the wayside. It's a pity, because research shows that although less than one in five businesses completes a written business plan, those that do achieve an average 63 per cent higher revenue growth. Today

It's Serious Women's Business

THE chance to find out about some secret women's business was only slightly dimmed by the "you're very brave to come" greeting when I turned up at Lynn McDonough's inner-city flat. We - the pizza delivery man and I - arrived simultaneously to the sound of clinking glasses and laughter.