The man responsible for enticing businesses to set up shop in Melbourne as part of its post-COVID recovery says the city has one big advantage over Sydney: it’s cheap. Peter Armstrong, a former Coles executive, heads up Invest Melbourne, a new body created by the City of Melbourne to encourage businesses to establish their headquarters […]

As I sit here typing this, I’ve got a second tab open. Sure, that’s not exactly unusual, but this tab is different to the others – it’s a time-tracker. Whirring silently away in the background it ticks up steadily for every second I spend working on a project. So far, collating my research and typing […]

Kay Lanceley is under no illusion. Her role as key adviser on a retrospective exhibition of work by Colin Lanceley, her late husband, comes with a burden of personal gravity. “It’s my last hurrah – the last thing I can do for Colin,” Kay says. Kay Lanceley has advised the National Art School ahead of […]

If you’ve recommended the new Netflix movie Hustle to anyone this week, you probably did so with a big, fat caveat. “It’s an Adam Sandler movie – but, seriously, it’s really good!” “Trust me. It’s not like his other stuff.” I get it (and I’ve been guilty of this in the past too). It’s tough […]

This wrap of reviews for the Melbourne arts scene kicks off with the Australian Ballet’s latest production, plus a revival of a Brecht classic at La Mama, and a romantic comedy at Theatre Works. DANCE Callum Linnane and Brett Chynoweth in Harlequinade.Credit:Jeff Busby Harlequinade ★★★ Arts Centre, until June 25 Harlequinade, with its flash and […]

Fight the £500 food hike AND eat like a king…with top tricks from our CANNY COOK: Add quinoa to beef burgers, make summer drinks from strawberry tops and switch to the cheap (but scrumptious) rival to parmesan… You magazine food editor Eleanor Maidment (pictured) has come up with creative and cost-cutting tricks to make putting […]

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN’S NOTEBOOK: Mamma Mia! The Italians really know how to party How this happened I don’t know, but all of a sudden those small bickering children fighting over who has the last Haribo are getting married. Wedding season is upon us – and it’s not my friends but their children who are making their […]

ANNA MIKHAILOVA: Tulip mania for bank flower show freebies When she was a local Labour councillor, Tulip Siddiq said her politics were all about generating ‘a culture of giving’. She wanted North London bankers to give up a share of their bonuses to fund local services. But now she’s on the Labour frontbench, it appears […]

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Spy x Family has been getting into the meat of its first season, with the anime ramping up its focus on Anya’s time at Eden College. It’s also teased new challenges on the horizon for Twilight. But it looks like the Forgers will take a break from Operation Strix in the anime’s next chapter. The […]