“A LONG time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there was a dream, a dream of a man who had too much time on his hands…” and so the diatribe begins and continues about […]
“MY theory is that if the teacher is enjoying what they’re doing, then it’s likely the students will.” Says who? Says Canberra Grammar School teacher Sarah Payne, who has been awarded the ANU’s inaugural Patji-Dawes […]
THIS is Deborah Pearse’s gorgeous photo “Survival” that won her first prize in the 2015 Helping Wetlands Flourish category and the People’s Choice Prize winner 2015 of the annual Wetlands in Focus Photography Prize. […]
“CAN I bring Elijah to my social and editorial events?“ mused “CityNews” snapper Andrew Finch when he sent through this gorgeous photo of the latest addition to his family, Elijah Logan Finch, (December 8, 3.325kg), […]
“AFTER the most frustrating four months of my life, I finally kept my promise to publish two ‘John Order’ e-books per year!” writes triumphant author Greg Cornwell. Greg, a former Speaker of the Assembly, earlier […]
JENIFER Dwyer Slee, pictured, is the first amongst us to be gonged with a Lifetime Award from the Professional Conference Organisers Association. And she’s not even a conference organiser! She’s the director of sales and […]
THE Old Parliament House-housed Museum of Australian Democracy launched an online exhibition called “The Power of 1” in which it called for people to share their views about Australian democracy, to “have your say with […]
IT appears the managers of Andrew Barr’s Facebook page are thin-skinned when it comes to criticism. “Should you express even the most polite disappointment on this page… you are likely to be silenced!,” grumbles […]
“By comparison with the horrors of Paris, the week’s benign, half-million-dollar Royal visit seems but a faint memory of no moment,” writes Seven Days guest columnist IAN MEIKLE
THE ACT election race has clearly started. Stand by for months of attention-seeking “photo ops” of pollies in hard hats and high-viz vests… but they’re all so last poll, as Greens minister-cum-candidate Shane Rattenbury lifts […]
“SERIOUSLY, 2001? I have T-shirts in my cupboard older than that,” sniffed a comment on citynews.com.au to the news that the Belconnen Community Centre had cracked open its time capsule that had been buried in […]
ACT chief health officer Dr Paul Kelly’s announcement to scrap the restaurant “scores on doors” food hygiene ratings scheme has been soundly lampooned by former food-safety professor Doug Powell in his blog barfblog.com “Canberra… has decided that public […]
CANBERRA talk station 2CC punched way above its weight at the commercial radio annual awards, the ACRAs, at the Gold Coast last weekend. Breakfast host Mark Parton took out Best Talk Presenter and Best Current […]
CC fears for what might be ahead for those souls culturally curious enough to accept the Turkish embassy’s kind invitation to a free night of world-class Whirling Dervishes at Llewellyn Hall on October 14. With […]
BAH, humbug! It’s getting to look a bit too much like Christmas too soon. As CC chases this column’s deadline (in September), we wonder if the joy of Christmas is going to be a bit […]
THE War Memorial’s daily tweet “On this day…” featured a wonderful howler on September 16 when the esteemed national centre for Australia’s war history asserted that “On this day: 1943 Australian attack on Hindenburg Line”. […]
MILD-mannered and much-celebrated Canberra cellist David Pereira is grumpy: “Music may be alive in Canberra, but it is not flourishing.” In calling for a “proud Musical Capital”, the former “CityNews” Artist of the Year says: […]
WHAT is Dan Backhouse doing with a distinctive tattoo of a Cochlear hearing implant on his head? At two weeks of age, Dan’s daughter Bella was diagnosed with profound hearing loss in both ears. “Bella […]
“WE can’t cure cancer, but we can stop people from committing suicide simply with love, acceptance and support,” says year 12 student Ruby Sykes, of St Clare’s College. Ruby is very passionate about mental health […]
JEWELLER and co-proprietor of Manuka jewellery store Briolette, Diana Thompson, has a not-so-secret life as the author of her first romance novel “Winterflood’s Passion” – a story set in the Southern Highlands that’s already been […]
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, […]
