SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | In a misguided attempt to embrace the sentiment of spring, our sleuth discovers why bare legs in May are still a London fashion faux pas.

• Keeping your head above ground
• Embracing the bug – the travel bug
• Double-back to Brick Lane

Three lucky contenders from the UK are among 18 finalists for Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ and will travel Down Under next month to spend a week competing in the final stage of the global competition.

• Natalie Bennett’s Green Party celebrates election results
• London’s Royal Academy of Arts to host major Australian art exhibition
• UK police question Sydney woman over Rolf Harris claims

Crime fighters revealed concerns about synthetic drugs as it emerged 23.8 tonnes of illicit sports and recreational substances were seized last year.

• Australian teenagers worst offenders of serious violent crime
• Disgraced former NSW cop ‘Chook’ Fowler dies
• Stop using mining companies as ATMs, says Rinehart

X marks the spot but could also help rewrite Australian history in the search for the origins of 1000 year-old coins found on an island off the north coast. Australian scientist Ian McIntosh is planning an expedition to explore the possibility seafarers landed in Australia much earlier than what is currently believed.

• Migrating professionals say UK more desirable than Australia
• New legislation means Schapelle Corby a step closer to parole
• Australian aid may be propping up al-Assad’s Syrian regime

For any Australian in London, Flat White in Soho is an ageing icon still worth visiting – even if its trendy Aussie offspring dotted elsewhere in the city may just have outgrown this Antipodean matriarch.

• Build me up, Buttercup
• Spring blooms with Vanilla and Lavender crème brulee
• Coffee Cult visits: Taylor St Baristas in Mayfair

Burlesque is back, as some of Australia’s finest exports touch down in London ready to dazzle the UK. Sapphira’s Showgirls bring their burlesque extravaganza Burlesque or Bust to the stage this Sunday 26 May at Soho’s Madame Jojos. Plus WIN TWO TICKETS below.

• Travels With My Aunt; A trip worth taking
• Mover and shaker | Sarah Fahie on life as a opera director
• LONDON BOUND | Hungry Kids of Hungary, out of the shadows

TRAVEL WRITER WINNER | Traversing the US and Canada by bus can be an eye-opening way to travel, in more ways than one. Our Great Travel Writer competition winner for April, ALICE RERDEN, shares her story.

• Tantalising Thailand
• Enter our competition to win a £250 Topdeck voucher
• To Amsterdam we go

You can now grab a top travel deal on Australian Times. Search the best selection of tours from the most popular travel operators. You can filter by price, trip, length and destination. Where will you be off to next?

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR REVIEW | Aussie hits 11 month low against USD and five month low against the pound

• Whose script are you living?
• Swapping the London Underground for Australia’s Uluru
• Interest rate cut sparks Aussie sell-off

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | If you and your family are thinking of making the move Down Under, the Commonwealth Bank can help.

• The British move to Australia
• Plan your move to Australia with this checklist
• O’Connor flags changes to Australian 457 visa laws

HEADING HOME | Australian Matthew Wood is set to swap the grey skies of London, for the stark setting of Australia’s Red Centre – with a new post as Artistic Director of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra and a symphonic concert at iconic Uluru.

• Get that job in Australia! Tips for job-hunting
• Resume writing for returning Australians
• When a Buy-To-Let property meets a ‘pain-to-get’ mortgage

THE AFL RUBDOWN | It was the round where the AFL dished up the very best, worst, sublime and ridiculous it could possibly muster. Surely it was no coincidence it fell on the same weekend as Eurovision – as the parallels were a bit spooky.

• Should Dave Warner shut the tweet up?
• Cooper must share the load more: Deans
• Huge pressure for Mark Webber at Monaco in F1

With a record 185 teams competing in tag rugby early summer competitions across London and Reading, there is plenty in store for keen taggers to get their tag rugby fix – including two one day festivals this June.

• Signing up for summer: Try Tag Rugby numbers soar
• Tumeke win inaugural Hog ‘N’ Ale Tag Rugby Festival
• Spring competition Try Tag Rugby finals held across London

COMPETITION | Enter the draw to win tickets to see Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon, Green Day; Fatboy Slim and loads more at Spain’s top indie rock festival, Bilbao BBK Live.

• WIN a signed AFL Sherrin footy
• Olivia Newton-John is touring the UK – WIN TWO TICKETS!
• WIN Cody Simpson UK Tour tickets