When a waiter warns you off a dish (Review Red Cray)
Have you ever been to a restaurant and had a waiter say ‘you don’t want to order that’ when you point to an item on their menu? No, neither had…
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Spanish Film Festival 2016: Truman review
The 2016 Spanish Film Festival starts on the 21st and if the preview movie Truman is anything to go by it’s going to be a great festival.
Make no presumptions at Livingstone’s Urban Jungle
While I was researching the Learn In Perth article for the City of Perth, I stumbled across a new café opposite the Perth Art Gallery. Anyone who remembers the little…
Review: Eye In The Sky
A review of the movie Eye In The Sky
How Christmas lights helped fight war (Emergence Creative Festival)
Last week I went to the 2016 Emergence Creative Festival which brings together a diverse range of Perth creatives … musicians, artists, writers, singers, graphic designers and advertising execs. Held over four…
French Film Festival 2016, top films to see
The French Film Festival is always a delight of cool, quirky, moving films. This year sees 265 screenings and I suggest you get in quickly as last year many sold out. The…
Comedy Masterclass from John Cleese, Eric Idle
Never in my lifetime did I ever think I’d see a Monty Python sketch performed in person, let alone by John Cleese and Eric Idle no less. This was just…
Winning ways at Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe 2016
Imagine being confronted with 77 prime sculptural pieces and asked to pick a winner … not a job for this little bunny. Luckily the comments made by the winners suggest the judges…
Review Rambla on Swan
When a friend from Melbourne, over on a work trip, said she had time for an impromptu Sunday lunch, the call went out. Our group of six met in South…
Movie Review: 45 Years
When I first heard about the movie 45 Years I wasn’t all that interested, I thought I knew what it was going to be about, how wrong I was. I…
Five must do customs for Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
It’s that time of year again, Chinese New Year, when those in the know believe, how you prepare for the Spring Festival determines your future for the rest of the year. Personally…
Historic day as Elizabeth Quay opens
No self-respecting Perth resident could let the historic date of January 29, 2016 pass by without at least one reference to the opening of Elizabeth Quay. Dubbed a ‘one in…
Do’s and Don’ts when using the Australian Flag on Australia Day
On Australia Day the nations pride swells to pre-Biggest Loser proportions. Flags will flap freely from flag poles, be draped over shoulders, even flown under helicopters. But how do we show…
Pitching a story Zoolander 2 style
Finally it’s here, Zoolander 2 and to be honest I can’t wait.
Augmented reality: 18th Century painting comes to life
Have you ever looked at a painting and pondered what it would have been like to have actually been there? To feel the breeze, smell the aromas, hear the sounds.…
The first global market explained at Treasure Ships exhibition
Ponder for a moment you’re off on your annual trip to buy spices, a lot of spices. Now imagine you have to get them home, to the other side of…
2015 A Year Of Reality
December signals summer, last minute panic and hopefully a few moments of reflection. As I ponder the year that was, I find myself thinking of 2015 as the Year of…
Polo In The City 2015, Perth
Christmas was cancelled, well the pageant anyway, so what about the Landrover Polo In The City event? Would the event go ahead and if so would we be watching polo or…
