Author: Your Herald

  • LETTERS 23.7.16

    Time for a group hug HAVING read through three weeks of letters in Perth Voice relating to the mysterious City of Vincent letter sent to pensioner ratepayers regarding possible increase to our rates, (I must admit I’d never before seen such an unusual letter as this from Vincent council) I have subsequently been shocked to…

  • So good you’ll pinch yourself

    It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote this review, unaware at the time of Pincho’s looming expansion. They’ve just opened the new section, which takes over the corner of Oxford and Newcastle Streets and is a welcome addition more in keeping with Leedy atmosphere than the run-down Subway. The extra space means more…

  • You’ll Never Seafood Better!

    A fun and funky fish cafe offering the freshest seafood at family friendly prices, A Fish Called Inglewood (AFCI) has been going strong for almost two years now. It has become a favourite place to drink and dine for locals and visitors alike, with many claiming that it does seafood better than anyone else in…

  • Making a splash

    VIEWING an exhibition sans art is like finding a drop of water in a river. But artist/musician Mei Saraswati has more than a drop of talent and conjures image of water with evocative music as part of the mixed medium exhibition Radical Ecologies opening soon at PICA. Her contribution has no images, sculptures or paintings:…

  • Seriously funny

    COMEDY film-makers give their take on the serious side of life in this year’s Over the Fence Comedy Festival. In its 18th year the festival strives for “excellent” films that change the way we view the world, organiser Greg Coffey says. “We say ‘you can say anything with an excellent sense of humour’.” Two-day festival…

  • ASTROLOGY July 23 – July 30, 2016

    ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Sun has moved into fellow fire sign, Leo. This engenders a great sigh of relief. You can get back to doing things, to shining, to moving on. With Mars in Scorpio, the adventure you are on continues to be how to turn the base metal of your negative…

  • Story-book appeal

    HANSEL and Gretel’s gingerbread house came to mind as I trod the winding brick path to this North Perth home. Mellow aged brick in tones of red/brown, parts in a herringbone pattern, cute peaked roof lines, white shutters and a wrap around verandah give the three-bedroom home a story-book appeal. There’s even a cute matching…

  • Gen-y driving mini art boom

    TRADITIONAL art dealers steadfastly sticking to their niche audience have had a rough run lately. The global financial crisis stifled art buyers worldwide, and in Australia they got a double-whammy; the federal government introduced laws telling art owners to either stick collections in storage or sell them off, otherwise they couldn’t put them in self-managed…

  • Everyone’s going batty at Vincent

    VINCENT council HQ is full of poisonous monsters: It’s been chosen as a location for a smartphone game where trainers battle strange creatures in the virtual world. “Pokemon Go” launched in Perth on Wednesday last week before being unleashed across the world over the next day or two. Google Maps and GPS help players wander…

  • Metro murder charge

    POLICE have charged a 31-year-old man with murdering Ian John Wilson, 48, who was found dead on the steps of Beaufort Street’s Metro Church on Sunday at 8am. Police say a weapon was used and the attack happened around 9pm on Saturday night. They don’t believe the accused man knew Mr Wilson, and there didn’t…