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They've been called "one of the most extraordinary groups on the planet”. A “sonic experience that has few parallels or rivals". The New York Times even proclaims them as "one of the greatest bands in the world".

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | Your contract has been going along smoothly. An initial three month contract has rolled over and 12 months later you are still with the same organisation.

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!

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).

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Moving to the UK from Australia is therefore easier than moving to any other European country.

TUBE TALK | CAN I get in? Move down a little! Oooh, watch your hands.

LIFE AFTER LONDON | When the tram pulls up, the doors open. The stairs are crowded with people. You step up and shuffle your way into the tiny space the stair dwellers have made for you.

LOST IN LONDON | You could be forgiven for thinking that in between all the double shot soy macchiatos and accessorising with a well-teamed top hat and mismatching colored socks tucked into scuffed brogues, that there is little time left in the day for hipsters to get those exercise endorphins ...

When dressed in a cardboard box depicting the controversial and divisive topic of asylum seekers, there’s bound to be some people that consider it offensive. SHANNON GILLIES even thought she may have gone a bit too far with her fancy dress costume, but that was until she read a story ...

Australian singer-songwriter Prita Grealy’s intimate gig on 3 July at The Troubadour Club— a private cellar beneath The Troubadour Cafe in Earls Court - was a testament to why European audiences are sitting up and taking notice of this captivating musician from Fremantle.

After a successful tour in Europe, Geelong-based theatre company Back to Back are back in Australia but still looking to reclaim the swastika with their elephant-headed deity and a theatre group of stars.

REVIEW: Thirty years on, the passion and potency Cold Chisel displayed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire left me wondering what kind of dynamite they packed back in the 80s.

It's only the largest arts and cultural event on the planet

"All the way from the suburban backwaters of Australia and direct from a string of sell out shows in London, comes a full throttle, high octane game show with balls. It's bingo, but don't bring your Grandma."

LOST IN LONDON | A.A Gill once said about London weather: ‘it’s been incontinent for weeks.’ A statement that has never been more true than about this particular English summer.

Inspired by 'mussels from Brussels', our resident Aussie chef in London pops over to Europe to give us a very simple and tasty dish to die for.

Hilarious Australian comedian Heath Franklin and his infamous comedy character - Chopper - impart some advice ahead of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

What do you do if you find out you’re the subject of online erotic fan fiction co-starring a famous Australian soap star? You could try to get it taken down. You could be chuffed and forward it to all your mates. Or you could create a comedy show around it ...

Vote now for your favourite Cold Chisel classics of all-time. Will it be 'Khe Sahn'? Or maybe 'Flame Trees'? How about 'Forever Now' or a bit of 'Cheap Wine'? Don't miss your chance to make Aussie music history and vote for 'the best'.

With Cold Chisel set to play their first northern hemisphere dates in almost 30 years, Ian Moss chatted to TIM MARTIN about what it’s like being back on the road, how Cold Chisel could have been as big as AC/DC and how you don’t always need to be the best ...

When a new commercial promoting Australian tourism was launched last month featuring the music of Dewayne Everettsmith, the question most were left asking was: "Who the bloody hell is he?"

LOST IN LONDON | Dear Hipster/Bartender (if that is your actual job) at The Westbourne

TUBE TALK | Etiquette: A code of behaviour that delineates expectations for social behaviour according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class or group. (Thanks Wikipedia!)

c, the one-woman play by Australian born Nellie McQuinn will appear on a London stage next month, as personal tribute to her best friend, Christie Cunningham, who died when she was sixteen.

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | IT is pretty much a given that us Aussies love a good steak. And usually, we love one at least once a week. Luckily for any Australians living in London, the UK has some of the finest beef on offer. With all the lush green pastures around, ...

LIFE AFTER LONDON | If you're having indulgent visions of leaving the UK before the miserable, dark, icy winter sets in and coming back to Australia's bright and sunny days ... stop. Australia is not as warm as you remember.

TUBE TALK | EVERY DAY I am reminded about my “first” time. Surprisingly, it was only 3 years ago and I was pretty good at it (even if I must say so myself!)

UK Parliament announces strict new immigration rules that will make it even tougher for non-European partners and relatives of UK residents to settle here.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | A Ding Dong welcome back for a Melbourne institution as well as Mr Molly Meldrum, and a sad hooroo from an Aussie music maestro in London.

The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery has opened its latest exhibition of Indigenous art featuring the artists of Ampilatwatja.

If you’ve been away from home for a while and are thinking of returning to Australia (or thinking of moving there!) you might want to book a seat at the upcoming Australian Property Info Sessions in London.

Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, the V&A is the largest museum of decorative arts and design in the world. The collection includes over 4.5 million objects, spanning 5,000 years of art, housed in 145 galleries.

IT’S a big part of your everyday life, starting with the early morning greet and ending with the evening farewell. Sometimes if you’re lucky there may even be a midday encounter.

Garsington Opera's performance of L'Olimpiade at Wormsley is a musical delight and successfully comic, thanks in no small part to Australian director David Freeman.

There was a time, not so long ago, when you entered a British pub and the best you could hope for was relics of an English past. But these days, thanks to the creativity of Aussies, bars across the UK now have something of the surf about them.

BRON IN THE DON | Wimbledon! How can one word conjure so many images and emotions at once? Our London adventurer got her tennis on, joined ‘The Queue’ and ticked off #13 on her London Top 100 list by visiting the All England Lawn Tennis Club.