City life
La vita bella: Can the Hay Street Mall reinvent itself as a cafe strip?
An Italian-style coffee shop is flourishing amidst the closed shops and gloom of the Hay Street Mall. Can it pave the way for a European-style café strip and foodie destination?
- by Mark Naglazas
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The Innovators: Jacquie Chan makes Asian food sexy
She is a restless over-achiever and in the parlance of Seinfeld, a fast talker. She has six Perth venues, which will grow to nine by the end of the year. Chan embraces ‘fusion on steroids’.
- by Rob Broadfield
This Perth 24-year-old sang with Bjork and at Dark Mofo. Next stop: Europe
A bid to avoid sitting a guitar scales exam sent Lydia Gardiner down the path towards an arguably more challenging career.
- by Cameron Myles
‘Ridiculous behaviour’: Perth’s mayor declares war on the vandal who damaged 100 city trees
Shocking CCTV footage of a vandal systematically destroying trees in the city. Perth’s lord mayor is understandably furious.
- by Mark Naglazas
As Lightscape closes, state announces next Kings Park tourist spectacle
EverNow, featuring the “reimagining” of Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, which drew 300,000 people in 2017 and 2019, will include a series of free events.
- by Daile Cross
‘It’s a done deal’: Why Bunnings is about to bust up a cluster of West Perth businesses
Artists established the creative hub known as the Pickle District, but now there’s no place for the creatives who gave the precinct its name. Is it their loss or the City of Vincent’s?
- by Mark Naglazas
The Block launches in style at Crown Towers Perth
The highly anticipated new series of The Block launched in Perth this week with a special private media and client event at TWR Crown Towers.
Opinion
Media & marketing
‘Leave them alone!’ Do the rich and famous deserve their privacy?
The pushback in WA against the interest in the separation of Andrew and Nicola Forrest is oddly out of sync with our obsession with celebrity scandal. What’s going on?
- by Mark Naglazas
Southern exposure: Meet the filmmaker giving Albany a starring role
Adam Morris has taken the rare step of leaving the big smoke to make movies in the Great Southern, enabling him to bring something fresh to Australian cinema.
- by Mark Naglazas
Why 46 Perth and Northbridge restaurants, hotels and bars are joining forces
The City of Perth has kicked in $400,000 to host a new food festival which will see bespoke dining events and a raft of special offers at restaurants and bars.
- by Rob Broadfield
Opinion
Opinion
‘I’m done with the Eagles!’: Things to do today instead of watching West Coast
Why waste a beautiful Sunday afternoon on a team going from worst to worst ever? Get out and enjoy what Perth has to offer.
- by Mark Naglazas