THE inner-south of our city is enjoying a dining renaissance as new restaurants and cafes suddenly spring up. Our longest-serving columnist and respected dining critic WENDY JOHNSON surveys the scene this week.

Also, in LIBBY HILL’S cover story, we meet a woman who brushes off life’s challenges to stand tall for the Salvos. And CEDRIC BRYANT finds himself out of the garden and on to Anzac Parade. But why? The answer and lots more stories and features about your town are just a click away…

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THE visual arts community is abuzz with news that the National Gallery’s summer blockbuster will be works by the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, says arts editor HELEN MUSA. Elsewhere, in this week’s edition FREYLA FERGUSON meets a very driven blood donor, our gardening guru CEDRIC BRYANT extols the joys of colourful Japanese Windflowers on grey days and snapper SILAS BROWN takes a beautiful look at autumn in Canberra. All this and more, just a click away…

TEDDIES, dogs and mums are the victims of flint-hearted bureaucrats quietly turning off the family-fun cash and throttling the grassroots Round Town program. FREYLA FERGUSON shames them a little on Page 3. In CANBERRA CONFIDENTIAL, we catch up with former WIN TV newsreader Jessica Good, who has returned to town with a lovely surprise; arts editor HELEN MUSA previews the Latin Film Festival and our gardening guru CEDRIC BRYANT says it’s time to plan for fruit trees.

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