What’s Open on the January Public Holiday 2025

23 Jan 2025

Food & Drink Whatever you’re doing on your day off, there’s plenty of food and drink to fuel it.

First Look: Gracie’s Wine Room Found Its Audience Online Before It Even Opened

23 Jan 2025

Food & Drink Founder Kelsie Gaffey’s frank, behind-the-scenes Tiktoks helped the wine bar gain a dedicated following months before any wine was poured. Now followers can finally stop by for limoncello spritz, buttery lobster rolls and DJ sets.

First Look: Choose From Just Three Bowls of Noodles at Brunswick’s Ramen Shouyuya

23 Jan 2025

Food & Drink Chef Fujio Tamura has run his miso ramen shop Misoya Sake Bar since 2015. Ten years on, he’s opened a counterpart, with soy sauce ramen and noodles made using a special machine imported from Japan.

23 To Try: The Best Jewellery Brands To Bookmark and Shop in Australia

21 Jan 2025

Fashion Jewellery is more than adornment – it’s a form of self-expression. From bold international names to local artisans, these are the brands crafting pieces that embody personal stories, celebrate heritage and redefine the art of accessorising.

Where Stylists Shop: The Special-Occasion Brands for Your Next Formal Event

21 Jan 2025

Fashion Wedding? Anniversary? 30th? Here’s a list of stylist-approved brands when a black tie or formal dress code is calling.

Luxury Bag Label Kinnon Teams Up With Romy Frydman on a Range of Travel-Ready Essentials

20 Jan 2025

Fashion The globally renowned local stylist’s six-piece collection is inspired by her jet-setting schedule and a particular vintage chair that caught her eye.

After-Hours Viewing of Yayoi Kusama Exhibition at NGV

23 Jan 2025

Art & Design An evening with Kusama. Meander your way through Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dotted paradise, after hours. It’s the most comprehensive display of her work to date, showcasing more than 180 pieces from the Japanese artist’s eight-decade career. Plus, catch an intimate chat with the gallery’s senior curator of Asian art.

Reko Rennie and Drew Connor Holland on Public Art, Warhammer and What To Expect at Melbourne Art Fair

20 Jan 2025

Art & Design More than 100 artists will exhibit at the annual showcase of contemporary art. We chat to two artists about how they use contemporary motifs and objects to explore identity, evoke history and memory, and create moments with their viewers.

Three Artists on Telling Strange and Familiar Stories at Melbourne Art Fair

20 Jan 2025

Art & Design More than 100 artists are exhibiting at the annual showcase of contemporary art. We chat to Paul Yore, Thea Anamara Perkins and Zaachariaha Fielding about using familiar objects, languages and landscapes to bring new perspectives to Melbourne Art Fair.

Homu’s New Serveware Range Riffs on Mid-Century Scandi Design

23 Jan 2025

Home & Lifestyle The Melbourne-based homewares label’s Chroma collection is made to stand out on your dining table. There are sculptural stainless-steel bowls, three-tiered stands and a very sleek (and chic) tissue box.

Informed Design: How This Builder-Architect Firm Simplifies New Home Builds

21 Jan 2025

Home & Lifestyle The trials and tribulations of building can be difficult to negotiate. In partnership with InForm, here’s how you can simplify the journey with an innovative model that keeps owners involved throughout the process – from design to construction.

13 Stylish Beach Accessories To Please Both Sides of the Shade Debate

17 Jan 2025

Home & Lifestyle Unwind with a book under a chic umbrella or gather a crowd on the sand with a luxe ’70s-style fringed cabana. Whichever side you sit on in the cabana drama, there are sunshade options to suit every beach mood.

This Week With Broadsheet Access: January 23, 2025

23 Jan 2025

Entertainment Hey Melbourne, see Yayoi Kusama after-hours at the NGV, win a luxe $2500 getaway, and more.

Wolf Man, Saw Creator Leigh Whannell’s New Film, Will Scare a Whole New Generation of Moviegoers

20 Jan 2025

Entertainment Whannell’s reboot of the 1941 horror classic stars emerging talent Chris Abbott and Emmy-winner Julia Garner as his wife.

Honey Dijon at Palace Foreshore

17 Jan 2025

Entertainment The popular American house DJ is bringing her upbeat energy to St Kilda for one night only, joining a line-up of other shows by The Kooks, Denzel Curry and Fontaines D.C.

United Cup Finals at Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney Olympic Park

03 Jan 2025

City File Catch the quarter finals, semi finals and finals of the world-class tennis event – with live DJs, giveaways, a hitting wall, an Aperol zone, food pop-ups, games for kids and more.

Melbourne’s Falastini Food Truck Was Stolen in Preston Early This Morning

10 Dec 2024

City File “I just want my food truck back. This venture is a grassroots business,” chef and owner Rahaf Al Khatib says.

Op Shops Don’t Want Your Crap Clothes

03 Dec 2024

City File Australia’s op shops are struggling under the weight of poor-quality donations. Here's what to do with your unwanted garments instead.

Feel Right at Home in 11 of Melbourne’s Best Airbnbs

17 Jan 2025

Travel Visiting the coffee capital for the first time? Back again to see what’s new in the art galleries? Or maybe you’re a Melburnian who wants a staycation in your own city? These 11 apartments and houses are worth checking out (and into).

Celebrity Cruises Sale

08 Jan 2025

Travel From Australia and New Zealand to Europe, Japan and Alaska, sail the world with up to 75 per cent off a second guest in the same stateroom, plus up to $900 per room with Celebrity Cruises. You’ll enjoy unparalleled views, plus bars, restaurants and holiday experiences you won’t find anywhere else.

Ca Com Chef Thi Le’s Guide to the Victorian High Country

06 Jan 2025

Travel For the Melbourne chef and restaurateur, a road trip to the High Country is an annual tradition. In partnership with Lexus, we speak to Le about her favourite things to eat, drink and do there.

Normal Flash Sale

17 Jan 2025

Active The Aussie sexual wellness label is offering 50 per cent off in a flash sale that will last until Sydney's rain stops (so Tuesday, according to BOM).

Seven Simple Tips To Get Into Running, According to One of Australia’s Best-Known Fitness Influencers

13 Dec 2024

Active If you’re not a runner but you want to be, Laura Henshaw offers some simple tips for beginners – from joining a run club to investing in the right footwear and getting your nature fix along the way.

How to Hide the Summer Sweats

13 Dec 2024

Active A sweat doctor and a fashion designer share some tips on how to reduce moisture and marks.