Author: Your Herald
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THE ROOM is the worst movie ever made, a melodrama about a love triangle that is so bafflingly bad it’s gained a cult following and now draws big crowds to screenings across the globe 10 years after its release. Greg Sestero, one of its “stars”, is coming to Perth to answer questions about the film…
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Szechwan Province is known as the heavenly country, due to its rich abundance of food and natural resources. Szechwan cuisine is famous around the world as one of the four great Chinese cuisines. Szechwan food is also famous for its deliciously spicy taste, attributed in part to the unique Szechwan pepper. The pepper carries a…
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WHILE I was admiring the vibrancy of Astor Arcade, where seating from Cantina 663 cafe spills out into the shopping mall with its many cute boutiques, my mate was getting hot under the collar about banquettes. “Banquette?” I asked, puzzled by the word and her enthusiasm. A banquette is the walkway of a castle rampart,…
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HERBERT and Sherbert gaze meditatively across Royal Street, their colourful-metallic bovine presence guarding entry to this delightful East Perth dwelling. “If I was buying this home I’d be wanting them to stay,” I thought as I took in the raised terrace frontage and the lovely park next door. It was a short introduction as…
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AMY and Hilton Nunn celebrate their 80th anniversary July 7. The Bayswater couple, 100 and 105 respectively, immigrated from Swaziland in 1987 and plan to celebrate the milestone with family. Their bodies ageing in sync, Ms Nunn’s loss of hearing is matched by her husband’s blindness. “I was still at school when we met, only…
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BAYSWATER council staff are pointing the finger at turf contractors over an infestation of microscopic soil pests in reserves that will cost ratepayers at least $230,000 to control. Sting nematodes thrive in Perth’s sandy soils and damage turf grass by feeding on the roots. A council report says the tiny worms have hit several reserves,…
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MAYLANDS local Perrie Taylor aka Ruby Slippers, spends her days making costumes as a freelance stylist for TV ads and commercial photo shoots—and her nights taking them off. She’s one of a number of burlesque artists blinging up for the month-long Perth International Burlesque Festival, which kicked off Monday. Three years after it started the…
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JOGGERS will have to steer clear of timid kangaroos and Yagan’s nudity under a compromised plan to stage fun runs on Heirisson Island. The organisers of the free 5km parkrun wanted to stage an event on Heirisson Island but Perth city councillor James Limnios was concerned runners would spook the roos. The Whadjuk working party,…
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VINCENT council’s budget has been approved with a 3.65 per cent rates rise. Thirty-thousand dollars will be set aside for potential legal action stemming from amalgamations. “We are putting that money aside in case council does wish to pursue legal action,” mayor John Carey says. Retired councillor Dudley Maier attended the meeting to warn his…
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DID you know that between 1927 and 1954, there was a Prohibited zone in Perth that Aboriginal people were not allowed to enter? Did you know that in the 1830s Aboriginal people actively resisted European occupation, and were shot and killed for it? These and other largely unknown aspects of Aboriginal history are unveiled in…
