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On any European travellers itinerary there are a few common destinations: Paris, Barcelona, London, Rome and of course... Amsterdam.

Charlez from Launceston, Nicci from Melbourne and Cat from Brisbane all live in this week's Our House in South Hampstead.

To coincide with our Australian Times Christmas issue, our resident top Aussie chef in London Chris Ark dusts off some beauties that’ll have both the pantry and the belly feeling festive.

Aussie comedian Deborah Frances-White reveals her tricks to getting almost anyone to want to sleep with you.

REVIEW | Aussie musician Prita, who describes her brand of music as “Hop-So-Fo” or a mix of hip-hop, soul and folk, has recently moved to London after spending the past four years conquering the Antipodes.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!!!

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.

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

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.

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

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?

Washington, one of the most talented young musicians around, is suddenly causing a very big stir on the international music scene. SHANNON CRANE had a chat with the shooting Aussie star and found out just how she stays grounded despite her overwhelming success.

For director Justin Kurzel, the decision to source local talent for his debut feature film Snowtown was a risky one. Enter local lad and first time actor Lucas Pittaway who plays the central character of Jamie Vlassakis. LIAM FLANAGAN sat down with the two men in London to chat about ...

LEIGH JOHNSTON explores why living in a London backpackers hostel can be one of life’s most enriching experiences.

Nick and Victoria from Sydney stay in this week's Our House in Wandsworth.

Back in Australia, I had an annual dose of horse racing on the first Tuesday in November courtesy of 'the race that stops the nation', the Melbourne Cup. Every year from early primary school I was part of a sweep, crowded round a TV at ten to three and cheered ...

REVIEW | John Butler's biggest headline gig in the US had all the hallmarks of something truly special. What we got was anything but special, rather a disappointing display of pretentious live music.

Wilbur Smith is one of the world’s most successful authors - a global No 1 bestseller who has sold 120 million books worldwide. On the phone from his home in London, HEATHER WALKER found out about his latest novel, Those in Peril, and his accomplished writing career.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | This week’s column is not an easy one to write because I have made one of the toughest decisions in my life.

The chill is in the air, the scarves and coats have been wrenched from the back of the wardrobe and dusted off but the most ominous sign that winter has arrived... the cough!

REVIEW | The iconic 90’s pop song Ice, Ice Baby was the last song I expected to hear when I turned out to see Architecture in Helsinki perform in London on Tuesday.

Sarah, Amy and Jen from Sydney live in this week's Our House in Kilburn.

Aussies swarm to the UK like ‘scousers to a tash convention’ but sometimes we can get a bit mixed up with all the different lingo. NINA McGRATH explores the weird and wonderful world of British slang.

Now that the rugby has well and truly wound up and we have to wait ‘four more years’ until the next World Cup, CHRIS ARK brings the focus back to one of his favourite seasons of the food calendar: The Game Season.

It takes a great show to sell out a venue at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival but takes an even greater show to come back the next year with the same show, upgrade to a larger venue and sell it out once again. That's exactly what The Boy With Tape On ...

GO HARD OR GO HOME | The ‘reality soap’ TV show 'Made in Chelsea' doesn’t interest me in the slightest. People-watching in Chelsea, however, is something I’d recommend tuning in to.

When PAUL JUDGE spoke to funnyman Adam Hills recently, the Aussie comedian was in a London backyard kicking a football with his 13 month year old daughter after having spent all morning reading through a script for Spicks and Specks.

Aussie favourites The Cat Empire are about to rock London with two huge shows this week as they embark on yet another epic UK tour. TIM MARTIN caught up with co-lead vocalist and trumpeter Harry Angus to talk London curries, Felix’s dance moves and James Brown.

It was the story that painted South Australia as the serial killer capital of Australia and made a small country town a tourist attraction for all the wrong reasons. The “bodies in the barrels” case was seemingly made to be portrayed as a Saw style horror film yet director Justin ...

When Sydney boy Lachie Chapman moved to London six years ago, little did he know the drastic direction his life would soon take. Now a member of the hugely successful singing group The Overtones, the booming baritone told TIM MARTIN just what it’s like to be a UK hit.

David from Brisbane and Benji from Tasmania live in this week's Our House in West Hampstead.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | Is it true!? Is Madonna coming to Oz? And what about the ARIAs. Who is going to win? Oh, and Ministry of Sound gets lucky. We've got all the Aussie music goss.

This week top Claridge’s chef Chris Ark shares some pointers and techniques on making bread plus his top three bread recipes.

There's an unspoken bond between Australians and the Irish. As travellers, we share a love of a night out, a good laugh and occasionally loutish behaviour at sporting events (all in good jest to be sure).

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | As one of the main men running the kitchen of London’s famous Claridge’s restaurant, Chris Ark knows more than most about managing one’s health and that of his staff. This week he gives us some tips of how to stave off the dreaded cold and flu’s.

Don't be stung by English dates and their ability to go backwards in going forward.

RIGHT SAID ED | Australians living in the UK are a fairly tight community. We drink together, we play together, we travel together and together we reserve the right to whinge about the weather and whinge about the whinging Poms.

There is a bar in Soho that is the perfect place to go to for a dose of British charm. It isn’t much like any other that Australians frequent in London, but there is a particular appeal that this bar can offer.