Month: November 2011

With the Sydney Dance Company gracing the boards of London this week, WILL FITZGIBBON took time to have a chat to the man behind the stunningly beautiful shows, artistic director Rafael Bonachela.

Each year thousands of Aussie and Kiwi visitors make the journey to Gallipoli, Turkey, to reflect on the sacrifice of the Anzacs. To make the most of the Anzac Day experience at Gallipoli, it is important to come prepared.

RIGHT SAID ED | If you're reading this and your calender hasn't flipped into 2012, then you still have time to donate to the thing that is growing on my top lip - yep, my Movember moustache! You still have time to donate to anyone's for that matter.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | We've got the low down from Aussie music's night of nights, we've got some very interesting news on DJ Pogo and we're wishing all the best to Bee Gees boy Robin Gibb.

The 2011 ARIA Awards were presented in a star studded ceremony held in Sydney Olympic Park on 27 November before a capacity audience comprised of members of industry heavy weights and music fans. Check out the full list of winners.

Dave O'Neill joins the thousands of Aussies and Kiwis in Gallipoli to commemorate Anzac Day.

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | This month saw our resident Australian Times chef Chris Ark cross the Atlantic and hit the tarmac at JFK in search of tasty New York food and unique Big Apple dining experiences!

The 2011 ARIAs are in the bag. This year's instalment definitely made up for last year’s disappointing socks and jocks award ceremony. As the winners retreat to their accountants' offices to calculate how many units they'll move tomorrow and the losers retreat to the bar, we take stock of Australian ...

Boy and Bear made it five ARIA Awards on the night, including coveted Best Group and Best Album prizes for their acclaimed debut, Moonfire.

I’ve been in over my head, arse over tit, three sheets to the wind, bit off more than I could chew and down and out. I’ve seen jail cells, slept in hospital beds and felt fists to the face. I’ve begged for mercy and asked for forgiveness.

Pete Murray has been making soundwaves recently on the back of his new album, Blue Sky Blue. Murray was back in London last week and hitting all the right notes to a packed crowd at Bush Hall full of Australian fans.

REVIEW | When one of Australia’s best known musicians strolls into a quaint London venue with his guitar over his shoulder you get the feeling it’s going to be an intimate gig. Enter Mr Alex Lloyd.

There is a group of Aussies living in London who are giving the rest of us a bad name. They're not quite as common as the purposefully overtly-ocker Australians you meet in the street (the Shepherd's Bush streets). But they're here and they are 'wannabe-Pomstralians'!

BRON IN THE DON | This week the London Top 100 list takes our resident adventurer to an eerie part of town. #87 Highgate Cemetery may be a little off the beaten tourist track but is still very popular, very beautiful and may yet just send shivers down your spine.

BRON IN THE DON | Our resident London explorer heads to Soho this week to tick one more off her London's Top 100 list and delight in the maze that makes up one of the busiest parts of the English capital.

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | Chris Ark, the man in charge of the kitchen at Gordon Ramsey’s Claridge’s restaurant, dissects the very best food markets and stalls in London and gives you his favourite few.

Chris, Jo, Kristy, Zoe and Matt from New South Wales all live in this week's Our House in Balham.

Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design freshers, undergraduates and post graduate students have begun the first year at The Granary.

I am a Pharmacist currently awaiting the approval of my Tier 2 General application.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | Aussies get the South by Southwest call up, Kylie and The Wiggles get Fame-ous and Mr Rogers bites back. Ouch!

Set up in North London, Alex Lloyd seems to be living every Aussie expat’s dream. The multi ARIA winning artist is still at it musically, in fact he’s got a gig in London on Wednesday. PAUL JUDGE met ‘Mr Amazing’ and found out just where exactly he’s been hiding.

They’re one of the biggest musical comedy acts to come out of Australia. Meet the Axis of Awesome! TIM MARTIN chatted to the boys backstage just before their London gig last week.

What happens when you arrive in France with no transport, no French and no idea where you are staying? LIAM FLANAGAN found out.

Eventually those sweet rhythms of life in London seem more like the grating sound of a skipping CD. But wait, there is respite...

Let me be clear from the beginning, when it rains (as a result of the Hydrologic Cycle, that's right Mr Costello, I was paying attention in Year 9 Science!) it falls on EVERYBODY!!!

With more to enjoy north and south of the border than ever, isn’t it time you made time for Ireland?

On Steve Irwin Day, KRIS GRIFFITHS reflects on personal memories of meeting the 'Crocodile Hunter'

With their third album done and dusted and a world tour nearly completed, it’s been a busy but successful 2011 for Melbourne band Cut Copy. PAUL JUDGE asked the boys just what it takes to remain successful in the modern day music industry.

After a decade of Brisbane’s year round comfortable climate, I was looking forward to watching the seasons change and London didn’t disappoint.

She’s a beautiful South African lioness. I’m a mangy Australian mutt. Her speech is refined, dignified, and elegant — the sweet rhythms of … . Mine is slurred, poorly announced, whiney and peppered with blasphemy and swearing.

My wife’s UK Spouse Visa application was refused on the basis that she was under the age of 21 but I heard that the rules changed back to a minimum age of 18 again?

Life in London can be described as hectic at best. With a population of over seven million and everyone in a hurry to get somewhere, a laid back 21-year old Aussie student was definitely in for the shock of his life.

Neemo, Laura, Bek and Layne from New South Wales all live in this week's Our House in East-Ham.

What if you could dance with giant manta rays? Pet friendly jellyfish? Wave hello (and goodbye!) to black tipped reef sharks? Fasten your seatbelts for a long flight to Palau, Micronesia, the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”

After only a very brief phone conversation, Liam Flanagan found out why Hannah Gadsby has quickly become one of Australia’s most successful comedians.

Don't Hold Back because Aussie electro sensations The Potbelleez are giving London a very special concert this week and it will be one for fans of the four piece not to miss.

People often ask me why I left Australia; the English just can’t seem to comprehend it. They cite the weather, beaches, girls and attitudes as clinching proof that you must be insane to leave. And, I can never seem to give them an answer which satisfies them — or me.

RIGHT SAID ED | I've got to hand it to the Poms. Watching Guy Fawkes Night in and across the UK is one of my greatest thrills.

BRON IN THE DON | To tick off London’s Top 100 things to do and see, that is my mission and I have chosen to accept it! The mission started a few weeks ago when a friend of mine picked up a little book that features London’s Top 100.

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | The Aussie king of the kitchen, Chris Ark, gives oils a dressing down and lets us in on some exclusive chef secrets.

Boges from Kempsey and Oli from Melbourne both live in this week's Our House in Kilburn.

Is there a visa that would allow my financially dependent elderly mother to join me in the UK?

Ask the average Australian which is Australia’s fastest growing city and they’d probably tell you it was Brisbane, the Gold Coast or Sydney. Many people are surprised when they find out it’s actually Melbourne.

Some of my Pommy mates reckon I take things too far sometimes. I support Australia and anyone who is playing England. I don’t see why I have to relax my sporting beliefs just because I live here in the UK.

So you’re living in London, the most exciting city in the world. The centre of the universe, you might say, when it comes to music, theatre, travel, media. But does it ever occur to you that not only do you live in London, but if you zoom out a little ...

REVIEW | The Roundhouse in Camden is a daunting venue and bands onstage need to be at the top of their game to deliver satisfaction to their guests for the night. Melbourne synth rock band Cut Copy certainly fitted the bill.

REVIEW | There were barely two hundred people rammed into the tiny KCLSU band room. The lighting and stage imagery left a lot to be desired, but this is the style of Gotye, he allows the most important thing do the entertaining, his music.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | What do November, Nick Cave and The Living End all have in common? Who is the huge English songstress performing in the harbour city for the 2012 Sydney Festival? And just what are Kings of Leon whinging about now?

Sometimes you think you have had a fantastic stroke of luck, only to discover that this luck was in fact the root cause of all the unfortunate events that followed.

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | Chris Ark has called for a bit of help from his mates to prepare this week's tasty feature. Introducing Dave Walker for what Chris is calling, Dave's Delicious Dinner!