“I’VE been to a pretty rough place and I have survived… I am actually really, bloody tough.” She is, too. In a rare, compelling glimpse into her private life, Chief Minister Katy Gallagher shares her intensely personal journey to the ACT’s top political job with FREYLA FERGUSON.

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DO parents worry about the kids more than their parents worried about them? Mum in the City SONYA FLADUN thinks so, but has a therapeutic solution to too much angst on Page 9. Also, LIBBY HILL discovers a replacement for the dentist’s needle – well, sort of – on Page 6. Elsewhere, arts editor HELEN MUSA tells us about the non-musical hit play that features songs and reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD gives a four-star thumbs-up to a thrilling movie built around dialogue. There’s always more and it’s just a click away…

HELEN MUSA lurves “Doc Martin”, so when the opportunity to exclusively interview the hit TV show’s star Martin Clunes arose, she was elbowing colleagues out of the way to secure the assignment. The result is a lovely interview and insight into the actor’s life, loves and hobbies. Elsewhere, LIBBY HILL looks at the compassionate Red Cross program that feeds 500 schoolchildren every morning and dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON discovers a place that’s in with the inn crowd. And in the garden, there is no rest as CEDRIC BRYANT puts us to work planting bulbs!

WE couldn’t stop him. Film writer DOUGAL MACDONALD sets a personal-best with six movies reviewed this week (average star rating of 3.33 recurring). Mum in the City columnist SONYA FLADUN discovers the tablets that are killing conversation (iPads et al) and MARK PARTON reveals his secret dreams, including being trouserless at work! More seriously, FREYLA FERGUSON has a tear-jerking story on Page 5, but you have to read it to the end, and there’s the story of an open garden and the poignant promise Richard Osborn made to his dying wife Fay.