Month: August 2012

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | Cymru (or Wales as it is commonly known) isn’t just good for rugby, sheep and pints of Brains ale. Our resident Aussie chef finds out there’s something smokin’ in them thar hills!

After a turbulent career post-Priscilla, director Stephan Elliott is back with his first Aussie film in over a decade. LARA BRUNT finds out what his new “big, dumb, comedy” is about and what he’s been up to since his infamous “cock in a frock on a rock” movie.

REVIEW | A new wedding day disaster movie from the director of Priscilla is set to screen at FilmFest Australia this month and will most likely appeal to gross-out comedy fans (and long suffering Olivia Newton-John aficionados).

REVIEW | Heath Franklin has a charisma about him and obviously has the potential and skills to go much further but his Chopper approach was lost on the audience at times.

BRON IN THE DON | With the Carnival madness behind us for another year, our resident adventurer looks back at Europe’s biggest street party — and #99 on her London Top 100 list.

LOST IN LONDON | For those of you that know me, you’ll know that sometimes the mere act of standing upright is a challenge, let alone propelling forward in a horizontal motion (otherwise known as walking). And that’s when there is a clear path ahead of me, and the occasional ...

In it’s 48th year, the popular festival that celebrates London’s diversity turns quiet Notting Hill into a sea of sequins and coloured feathers.

BRON IN THE DON | Everyone who has visited London has heard of Westminster Abbey, and rightly so - the building itself is stunning, not to mention all the Royal goings on that have happened there over the years. However not many people have heard of the Westminster Cathedral, #60 ...

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | This week our resident Aussie chef tackles the meaty issue of that tasty type of steak called Wagyu beef.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | One of the many qualities that make Australians popular bosses, colleagues and employees is our self-confidence.

LOST IN LONDON | Yes, I know the Jubilee was months ago. And yes, there has been, oh I don’t know, the little matter of the Olympics in the meantime to help delete the collective memory of the BBC's coverage pondering how many toilet breaks the Royals would have needed ...

Get excited London Aussies because there is a hot new Australian film fest coming to town!

REVIEW | Returning to the Fringe Festival with a new show in 2012, this time it's more about raising funds for the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Kids than keeping the masses chortling.

BRON IN THE DON | One of London’s more famous and alternative suburbs — Camden — gets the going over by our resident adventurer, who enjoyed a fun filled night out on the Camden tiles and got to tick off #81 of her London Top 100.

LOST IN LONDON | Back in Australia when I was picturing myself in London, in my imaginings I was always excellently dressed.

TUBE TALK | “The world is our home; the Tube is our hallway to the rooms; so strut baby strut!”

Australian High Commission to host industry spotlight event at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Sometimes it can be tough living so far away from home and family, but for MELISSA SHORTAL who has lived in London for quite some years now, she has become acclimatised to being away from Australia. There are however, some Australian bits and pieces that she just can’t live without ...

It’s over. The summer Olympics is done and dusted. My Games Maker uniform is washed, folded away and sitting in storage. The atmosphere was jubilant, encouraging and supportive. We clapped and cheered until the last person crossed over the finish line. I felt a sense of solidarity with athletes, volunteers ...

For a moment or two, redemption was on the cards for Adam Scott at the US PGA Championship but a Rory McIlroy whirlwind roared through Kiawah Island to kill the fairytale.

When Australian Times Editor TIM MARTIN was invited to try out one of London’s most exhilarating and conceptually unique restaurants — Dans le Noir? - he closed his eyes for a few moments to consider the invitation. Little did he know that at that exact moment, he was recreating a ...

What do you get when you take a hobo, add some emo, a touch of metro? PAUL JUDGE talks to Australia’s newest ‘underground’ celebrities — the Bondi Hipsters — about a life organic, Australia at the Olympics and why picking up in London is way easier than back home in ...

Xavier Rudd — 8 August — Koko, London

Australian comic Denise Scott is currently one very busy lady.

Empty your pockets and get ready to swim, cycle, run — it’s time for SEPI ROSHAN to take you through her amazing experience of being a London 2012 Games Maker.

TUBE TALK | Lately I’ve been paying extra attention to my fellow commuters and have come to the conclusion that the Tube has a special affect on people. It’s almost like a trance.

LOST IN LONDON | “Salty nuts … who wants a big bag of my salty nuts?”

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | Our main man in the kitchen is on a foodie mission with a difference. He’s getting messy, and giving you the tips, to enjoy some of the tastier foods around.

Xavier Rudd took time out from his busy schedule to answer some questions from Australian Times before his gig at Koko, Camden on Wednesday.

BRON IN THE DON | Our musically talented London adventurer indulges in London’s annual cultural festival — The Proms at Royal Albert Hall — and ticks #30 off her Top 100 list.

A healthy economy and better job opportunities in Australia are luring thousands of expats back home as Australia’s jobs growth rate hits an eight-year high and unemployment in Europe reaches record levels.

No matter if one decides for the capital or for the rural areas, Britain holds surprises for everyone.

With all the Olympics excitement in London at the moment, it's very easy to forget that there is a world out there beyond the medal chasing supreme beings that are our national Olympians.

RIGHT SAID ED | On the eve of the 2012 Olympic Games, I was walking through north London in a pretty and unobtrusive back alley, when out the corner of my eye I spotted a very familiar sight.

Hello fair people of Great Britain! Greetings from the azure skies and jonquil-yellow beaches of Australia, jolly John and Jane Bulls! Yes, you know who you are; cheeky chappies and lasses who have been naughtily skipping your studies for intense sports training!

TUBE TALK | For the last few weeks, I have been unfaithful…There, I said it.

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | Last week we hit the lower states of the US for a southern fried chicken recipe to cure the weekend blues. And this week we are again going to hang out in this fine part of the world for another tasty treat.

So often the UK summer disappoints and many Australian expats living in the UK are left longing for the hot Australian sun.

ASK THE EXPERT | What is the new criteria for the dependency visa?

BRON IN THE DON | With Olympic fever officially gripping absolutely everyone inside the English capital (and possibly the world) our resident adventurer set off to explore the vibrant hub of London 2012 - Olympic Park - and mark #7 off her London Top 100 list.

Performing in the UK and Europe was the perfect opportunity for Australian band Hungry Kids of Hungary to test drive songs for their upcoming album.