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“I OFFER a way to turn your back on the cold, potentially embrace some romance and enjoy a jolly good, old-fashioned drink.” Mulled wine, anyone? RICHARD CALVER has the recipe on Page 29.
GARDENING writer Cedric Bryant unwittingly found a new camellia cultivar growing in his Canberra backyard and he named it “Priscilla Rose” in memory of his sister. KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK shares the story on Page 3.
“NOBODY goes into politics to be in opposition,” Alistair Coe tells ROD HENSHAW in a profile piece on the new, determined ACT Opposition Leader.
JON STANHOPE is grumpy at the way a modest, little charity he’s the patron of has been suddenly defunded by the ACT government. He says the Minister hasn’t thought it through and explains why on […]
FORMER MLA Mary Porter has never been shy to get her teeth into issues. Now she’s arguing for a better deal for dogs in the ACT. DANIELLE NOHRA has the story on Page 3.
WHICH name is applicable to a male presiding officer? It’s a word of eight characters and “3 across” in this week’s general knowledge crossword on Page 17.
IN a big call, Pets columnist HEIKE HAHNER says: “Living without animals maybe more hygienic, less stressful, easier, cheaper or simply more convenient, but it’s not normal.”
NICHOLE OVERALL’s done it again! Another smashing local history column, this time revealing the only man in Canberra ever sentenced to hang. Did he? Page 11 of this terrific edition has the answer.
MUM in the City SONYA FLADUN reckons homework is pretty important, but how much should you help kids with it?
SWIMMING lessons exist in the ACT school system, but columnist TIM GAVEL says it appears to be ad hoc at best. “It is virtually up to the individual parent or school to decide if children […]
SADLY, after years of writing for “CityNews”, we are publishing this week the last of ROBERT MACKLIN’S insightful and beautifully written “Seven Days” columns. A bad chest infection has meant he must lighten his workload, […]
PETS columnist HEIKE HAHNER says that in our air-conditioned world it’s easy to forget about how dangerously hot pets can get in the summer. She offers some ideas to help them through the warmer months.
HAS Canberra got a Loch Ness Monster lurking in its waterways? Columnist NICHOLE OVERALL says there’s plenty of historical evidence to support the presence of a creepy creature.
ALL the millions of wonderful words we publish from our writers and columnists every year would be for nought without the support of our advertisers. Please favour them, especially at Christmas, because their faith allows […]
IN this week’s edition, arts editor HELEN MUSA previews what promises to be an opulent summer blockbuster at the National Gallery – “Versailles: Treasures from the Palace”.
IN her Yesterdays column, social historian NICHOLE OVERALL believes she has traced the missing grave of 11-month-old Charles Porter who, in 1932, was the first murder victim in the Federal Capital Territory.
THE office came to a reverential standstill at the news our film reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD had awarded a film a full five stars! What kind of movie is this? His review is on Page 20.
KAREN Hewitt is a sound curator at the NFSA, but in the ’80s she was a recording engineer in London working with the likes of Paul McCartney, Donna Summer, Bananarama and Kylie Minogue. She tells […]
WHO knew? The only licensed distillery on a residential block in Australia is nestled into suburban Kaleen. In Tim Reardon’s backyard to be precise and wine writer RICHARD CALVER called in.
READER NASIS ELLIS is grumpy about the way the law is managing mobile phone use in cars, TIM GAVEL says sportswomen are light years away on equal pay and CEDRIC BRYANT says there’s lots of […]
POLICE have slapped five infringement notices on a man caught on Hindmarsh Drive, Phillip, driving with four children not wearing seat belts. The fines totalled $2056 and 12 demerit points. About 4.45pm yesterday (February 26), police stopped a […]
AS a teenager, Menslink helped Josh Turk through, what he calls, “your not-so-typical teenage issues”, so later on in life it was fitting he took on a role as mentor to give someone the help […]
THE ACT government says its providing Canberra children, aged between six months and five years, a free influenza vaccination this winter. Minister for Health and Wellbeing Meegan Fitzharris says they’ll be available from any of […]
ALL Libraries ACT branches and the ACT Heritage Library will be closed Wednesday, February 28, for the annual Libraries ACT Planning and Development Day. Director of Libraries ACT Vanessa Little says the Annual Planning and […]
ONE man’s disaster is another man’s serendipity. If Barnaby Joyce hadn’t fallen spectacularly, Michael McCormack, 53, the new deputy prime minister, would likely never have become the Nationals’ leader. In the normal course of events, […]
