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

Australia’s audacious garden design has won the top prize at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London for the first time.

• Three Brits to fly to Oz for final stage of ‘Best Jobs in the World’
• Natalie Bennett’s Green Party celebrates election results
• London’s Royal Academy of Arts to host major Australian art exhibition

Federal Labor backbencher and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has used his popular blog to outline his support for same sex marriage, writing that church and state “can have different positions” on the issue.

• New front opens in Australian war on drugs
• Australian teenagers worst offenders of serious violent crime
• Disgraced former NSW cop ‘Chook’ Fowler dies

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

Two men, an orchestra of instruments. Australian musicians Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts recreate Mike Oldfield’s iconic album Tubular Bells, live, onstage, in real time. With two special anniversary shows at London’s Union Chapel and Southbank, as well as 43 other dates around the UK, this is one musical experience not to miss.

• Festival Season 2013 | Line-ups, free tickets, how-to guides and more!
• Festival Season 2013 | Living large in London
• The Five People You Will Meet At Every Festival

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 catch 100+ bands in a day at the awesome Camden Rocks Festival!

• Win tickets to Super Bock Super Rock 2013
• WIN tickets to Bilbao BBK Live 2013
• WIN a signed AFL Sherrin footy