SURVIVING LONDON | Umbrella or Hoodie? It’s the age old question that’s been haunting Londoners since the Sloppy Joe sprouted a hood. So, which you do reach for when you see storm clouds brewing?

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

REVIEW | Travels With My Aunt at the Menier Chocolate Factory is a theatrical trifecta; clever writing, brilliant directing and acting that will blow you a world away.

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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.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | A background in business management provided a firm base to move into finance and accounting recruitment for Adam Whitehouse on his arrival in the UK. Here, he shares his experiences in the UK recruitment industry, and why he’s becoming a British citizen – despite the lack of Cherry Ripes.

SURVIVING LONDON | Author of An Aussie’s Survival Guide to London, Bianca Soldani, offers us all her tips and tricks for Australian newcomers to London in an exclusive new column. First problem to solve: London transport.

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.

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SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | Brick Lane – tourist trap or vibrant urban heartland of Bangladeshi cuisine and culture? Our sleuth investigates.

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.

On Thursday 9 May 2013 all Australian orchestra Ruthless Jabiru, led by conductor Kelly Lovelady, put on a remarkable and moving performance to a gathered crowd of both Australian and UK supporters at Australia House.

AUSSIE TIMES TOUGH MUDDER ATTEMPT | In a sheer moment of insanity five months ago I signed up for the North London Tough Mudder race. On the weekend of 4-5 May at Boughton House in Kettering, the day of reckoning finally arrived.

The designer of the Australian garden at this month’s prestigious Chelsea Flower Show has promised the nation’s most impressive entry yet.

REVIEW | Following a sell out season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, it is easy to see why Merrily We Roll Along is back by popular demand, this time playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

The government has launched several housing schemes over the last few years to help buyers out and revive the housing market, and it pays to know what they are.

Pack your bags because The Menier Chocolate Factory is taking you on a round-the-world trip with their new production Travels With My Aunt. It stars Australian born actor Jonathan Hyde.

When it comes to caffeine, it turns out Coffee Cult is a raging capitalist – as discovered on a visit to Taylor St Baristas Mayfair branch. If it looks like a local independent, serves coffee like a local independent and has the friendly staff of one – then, we’ve officially sold out.

SUBCULTURE SLEUTH | When you live in a house packed with a motley crew, you’re bound to end up with one oddball in the mix.