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Top Melbourne Takeaway This Week: The Return of Bistro Vue, a Ritzy Take on Ice Magic, Mjolner’s Viking Feast and More

30 Jul 2020

Food & Drink Get boeuf bourguignon and confit duck from the reincarnation of Shannon Bennett’s popular eatery. Plus slow-cooked lamb souvlaki (and chunky baklava ice-cream) from a top caterer, and $10 pasta bowls that are as easy to make as two-minute noodles.

Win a Solid Gold, Modern-Day Best Friend Necklace for You and a Mate

Fashion

03 Aug 2020

13 to Try: Melbourne’s Best Sausage Rolls

Food & Drink

28 Jul 2020

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Joost Bakker’s All-New Greenhouse Is a Blueprint for the House of the Future

04 Aug 2020

Food & Drink It began life as a restaurant, but soon it’ll be an 87-square-metre home and urban farm in Melbourne, with two of the country’s best chefs living inside and cooking only what they grow. “In the future, we’ll all live like this.”

MIFF Opening and Closing Night Banquets

04 Aug 2020

Food & Drink The retooled film festival is offering dishes from Chin Chin and wine from Chandon to enjoy with friends while you stream this year’s offerings at home.

Opinion: The Free-Range Con – Why We’re Deliberately Misled About Chickens and Eggs (And Which Brands Are Ethically Raised)

04 Aug 2020

Food & Drink Not sure about the difference between “organic”, “cage-free”, “pasture-raised” and “barn-laid”? You’re not alone. A new book by Sydney butcher Feather and Bone claims that poor labelling regulation in Australian Consumer Law has left the industry wide open to a confusing mess of misleading descriptions, making it easier for dodgy producers to be vague about their practices. Here’s how to find the good guys.

Minimum Dips Is a New, All-Vegan Dip-Delivery Service From a Chef Who Got Her Start Under Greg Malouf

03 Aug 2020

Food & Drink She’s cooked at Epocha and Rumi, but now she’s devoted to her veggie-loaded dips, which range from slow-cooked carrot and fava bean to chunky, charry muhammara. Add-ons include borscht, sumac-dusted flatbread and a custard flan with burnt caramel.

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A State of Disaster Has Been Declared in Victoria, Plus Stage-Four Lockdown Restrictions and a Curfew for Melbourne

City File

02 Aug 2020

A London Artist Spent More Than 1000 Hours Hand Drawing This Map of Melbourne

Art & Design

20 Dec 2018

Get Weekly Deliveries of Milk, Eggs, Sourdough and Coffee – Sans Plastic Packaging – With My Milkman

Food & Drink

03 Aug 2020

Fashion

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Win a Solid Gold, Modern-Day Best Friend Necklace for You and a Mate

03 Aug 2020

Fashion Each delicate pendant, by Melbourne jeweller Linden Cook, will have your fingerprint imprinted on one side, and that of your BFF – or your mum, kids, partner, even your pet – on the other.

Glue Store Online Sale

30 Jul 2020

Fashion Everything is $60 or less – labels include Superga, Stüssy and Vans.

Melbourne Sales Wrap: Best of the Week, July 30, 2020

30 Jul 2020

Fashion Shop 50 per cent off Búl, Bianca Spender and Sephora; 60 per cent off bedding and sleepwear; and 80 per cent off at Net-a-Porter. Plus, $15 off refreshingly fun puzzles, and nothing over $60 (including Superga sneakers) at Glue Store’s online warehouse sale.

Wear Your Star Sign Around Your Neck With Skin Studio’s New Double-Sided Zodiac Pendants

29 Jul 2020

Fashion Each gold-filled pendant – designed in Melbourne and produced in a family-owned factory in India – is hand-engraved with a tarot-style design on one side, and a constellation on the other.

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A Classic Seaside Sydney Diner, a Brutalist Melbourne Icon and a Luxe Perth Bar: These Are the Aussie Venues Shortlisted for the 2020 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards

04 Aug 2020

Art & Design The prestigious international competition received more than one thousand entries from around the world – and 16 local venues have made the final cut.

This New, Plastic-Free Cling Wrap Breaks Down Quicker Than Orange Peel

04 Aug 2020

Art & Design Great Wrap is a plant-based alternative to the handy kitchen staple – and it can go straight into your home compost system or green-waste bin when you’re done with it.

Go for Zero Is a One-Stop Online Shop for Natural, Zero-Waste Everyday Products

04 Aug 2020

Art & Design Need a new bamboo toothbrush? Makeup for sensitive skin? Chemical-free household cleaning products? Here you’ll find all this and more – sourced from Australian businesses and shipped nation-wide.

This Sydney Artist Is Preserving the Dying Art of Venetian Glassblowing, Melding Form and Function

03 Aug 2020

Art & Design Katie Ann Houghton’s elegant carafes, tumblers and hanging lights riff on early 20th-century design.

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Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt) at MIFF

04 Aug 2020

Entertainment In Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), a pushy ghost gives her 17-year-old niece some unwanted dating advice. This new Aussie film is a highlight of MIFF’s 2020 program, which is streaming entirely online.

MWF Digital

01 Aug 2020

Entertainment Melbourne Writers Festival has gone online for its 2020 instalment, and most events are “pay what you can”. Two ex-PMs, prominent Aussie novelists Helen Garner and Claire G Coleman, and the author of Crazy Rich Asians all feature on the line-up.

VCR Fest

30 Jul 2020

Entertainment Remember sweaty dance parties? Swear-y comedy sets? Going to gigs? This online festival has all three with a line-up including comedian Zoë Coombs Marr, iso-cooking king Nat’s What I Reckon, and a live-streamed singalong from New York’s famous underground piano bar.

Miiesha’s Debut Album Continues Her Family’s Tradition of Passing on Knowledge

29 Jul 2020

Entertainment On Nyaaringu, the 21-year-old Pitjantjatjara artist celebrates community and addresses systemic oppression of First Nations people. And while you can’t see her perform it live just yet, she says it’s best listened to – from start to finish – in one sitting. This might just be the perfect album for our times.

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Victoria Introduces Largest-Ever On-the-Spot Fine for Breaches of Coronavirus Restrictions

04 Aug 2020

City File Those caught doing the wrong thing face a $4957 fine. And for “particularly selfish behaviour”, the maximum penalty is $20,000. It comes after a series of random doorknocks, in which almost a third of self-isolators couldn't be located.

The Moon, Saturn and Jupiter Are Aligning Tonight – It’s a Rare Chance to See All Three of Them So Close to One Another

03 Aug 2020

City File This is one celestial event that you’ll actually be able to see with the naked eye from anywhere in Australia. And you won’t have to stay up until stupid-o’clock to catch a glimpse of it.

Supermarkets to Stay Open, Retail Stores to Close: Here’s How Stage-Four Restrictions Will Affect Melbourne Businesses

03 Aug 2020

City File The new rules come into effect from 11.59pm on Wednesday.

A State of Disaster Has Been Declared in Victoria, Plus Stage-Four Lockdown Restrictions and a Curfew for Melbourne

02 Aug 2020

City File New limits on exercise, shopping, when you can leave home and more will be enforced from 6pm tonight. “We have to clamp down on this, and get to the point where we have much lower numbers as quickly as we possibly can,” said Premier Daniel Andrews.

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Cosy Luxe Accommodation, Sculptures and Art, Fireplaces and a Cute Historic Town Make Mona Farm an Antidote to Big-City Life

30 Jul 2020

Travel There are six historic buildings to choose from on this beautiful tranquil property – including the newly converted Old Stables, now a two-storey self-contained house. BYO food or there’s a chef on hand to make your meals.

What to See on a Trip to Alice Springs

29 Jul 2020

Travel Explore the Red Centre’s iconic town and you’ll be rewarded with incredible art, outdoor barbeques with a side of stargazing, sunrise balloon rides and natural wonders. In partnership with Tourism Australia, we round up some of the best

Out of Town: Riverland

23 Jul 2020

Travel Start your day with house-roasted coffee in a former fire station, sample the region’s produce and Mediterranean-style wines, visit the home of Australian brandy and end the night in a clifftop eco villa.

Personalising This Attractive Luggage Is Free – But Only This Month

16 Jul 2020

Travel Australian startup July is a self-dubbed “Samsonite killer”, selling comparable bags – with a lifetime guarantee – at less than half the price. To celebrate its birthday month, it’s offering free personalisation on any bag. You can even get your fave emoji printed on.

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12 of Melbourne’s Best Off-Leash Dog Parks (and Beaches)

16 Jul 2020

Active Most of the city’s parks are dog-friendly, but you’ll still need to keep your pal on a leash. For a more freewheeling adventure, try one of these parks or beaches where dogs can run around, sniff along eucalypt-lined walking trails, or splash in the shallows – no leash required.

Online Exercise Classes You Can Do in Your Living Room

10 Jul 2020

Active Lockdown 2.0 means we’re working out at home (again). Many of Melbourne’s gyms and fitness studios are back online, offering yoga and pilates, cardio and strength training, meditation and more. And plenty of them are free.

This Bamboo Toothbrush Subscription Service Is Good for the Planet and Your Pearly Whites

29 Jun 2020

Active A design flaw with bamboo brushes observed by a seven-year-old led to the creation of these affordable, sustainable and thoughtfully designed Aussie toothbrushes.

11 Fun Online Exercise and Yoga Classes Your Kids Can Do at Home

26 Jun 2020

Active There are kid-friendly workouts and meditation sessions aimed at all ages, from toddlers through to teenagers. Your family can learn circus tricks, dance around the living room, or find a much-needed moment of zen.

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