Parker Bilal is the pen name of Jamal Mahjoub, who has published seven critically acclaimed novels. Dogstar Rising is the most recent in his internationally acclaimed Detective Makana series. Along…
This year Perth’s largest free outdoor art exhibition, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe showcases 71 pieces – 21 from international artists, 26 interstate and 24 local. Running until March 24…
The day before the state election you’d expect to see local politicians making the most of every photo op, yes? Yes. So it wasn’t surprising to see the Hon. Julie…
If you think your generation invented the Flash Mob or Mosh Pit put your hands up. Okay you can put them down now. I suggest you take a visit to…
Singapore based ex-lawyer Shamini Flint is an acclaimed crime and children’s book author having sold over 500,000 books in six years. In terms of crime she’s written five books in…
What makes a sane person turn their back on three glorious days of sunshine, to huddle indoors from 9am to 8pm? For me it was the promise of critical thinking,…
When the 2013 PWF was launched at UWA Winthrop Hall as few weeks ago, the room was abuzz with conversation. Hardly surprising given that the audience was made up of…
It’s always interesting to hear what goes on behind the scenes of seemingly effortless acting performances. NIDA graduate Damon Gameau was in Perth recently to launch his latest film Save…
Take a true Australian story, add a touch of The Hangover, a smidge of Eat, Prey, Love, two drops of Bollywood and a good dose of club cricket, the result…
If you haven’t been into the Perth Cultural Centre this month you really are in for a big surprise. A warm, welcoming community spirit has taken over what’s normally a cold,…
For some, Valentine’s Day is a day to feed the materialistic monkey on their back … a day of rib constricting outfits, stomach bulging dinners and mortgage inducing gifts. For…
Part of the UWA celebrations included the immortalisation of the peacocks. For anyone who studied there, especially in the Arts building, you’ll recall many a lecture being interrupted by their…
If you’ve been around for 100 years you deserve a bit of a fuss don’t you? Well the University of WA (UWA) certainly got that last night, even the Doctor…
It’s official, February in Perth should be renamed … debt-ruary, stamina-ruary, lack of sleep-ruary, come to mind. With the Festival of Perth starting this weekend and Fringe World still on,…
Some days you breeze along with everything working out perfectly, others not so good. So what makes the difference between a good day and a rough one? Sometimes it’s as…
When I first entered the Perth Arena for this year’s Hopman Cup the roof was closed and the lights dimmed, while Spain’s Fernando Verdasco stood off to the side waiting…
Regular readers will know I’m quite fond of finding ways to live guilt free, hell I’ve even written a book about it. So it’s probably no surprise that the other…
Early on in the evening I wandered into the Crown Entertainment Complex and sat on some innocent looking chairs in no-man’s-land. Little did I know what would happen next. Marcia…
