Opinion
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Top 5 books reviewed in 2024
With Christmas fast approaching, it is time to reflect on the progress we made in 2024 while planning new projects and fresh goals for 2025.…
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Supporting children’s mental health during these challenging times
Proper nutrition plays a critical role in brain function, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. In fact, certain nutrients have been shown to help manage stress…
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Best films of 2024 list
The fact that I couldn’t compile a full top ten of bad movies last week already shows what a good year 2024 was for cinema,…
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More entertainments coming
Alex theatre St. Kilda A Very Naughty Christmas. Australia’s favourite adults only Christmas show makes its way to London and returns to Brisbane, Gold Coast…
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Summer fruit
Sitting on my kitchen table is a bowl of peaches and nectarines bought a few days before: round plush peaches with their velvety skin and…
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Beyond horror
Horror stories don’t need murder, mayhem and madness to create a sense of dread, despair and doom. The best stories in this genre both disturb…
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Worst films of 2024
It’s finally happened – after eleven years of running this column, I didn’t see enough bad movies this year. 2024 still had a decent crop…
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CARTOON: Two weeks to go
Two weeks left until Christmas. Have you bought a present for your loved ones?
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Small business
When small businesses thrive, our community thrives. Whether it’s a sign hanging on the fence of a local sporting ground or sponsoring our local events…
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CARTOON: Birds sound speaker at Healesville RSL
The fancy bird noises coming from the Healesville RSL are starting to confuse ibises.
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The smells of summer
Officially summer is here and though the days can vary from bursts of heat back to ‘grabbing a cardy kind of day’, it’s beginning to…
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Double horror catch-up
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and The First Omen M, MA15+ 4.25/5, 4.5/5 Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a touching, intimate French…