Author: Your Herald
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THE OLD CROW, Northbridge by DAVID BELL: It’s always good to “discover” a new eatery before the hordes. Further down Newcastle Street they were queuing out onto the pavement, and I’m happy to take bets the Old Crow will suffer the same fate when word gets out how good it is. It’s only been open…
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It was a hometown hero’s welcome for UK artist Mackenzie Thorpe’s exhibition in Middlesborough in the UK’s north east three years ago. Twelve-foot banners of the renowned artist’s works lined the main street and 25,000 saw the exhibition over three months. Thorpe’s heart is as big as his reputation as one of the UK’s most…
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The neighbours of this Trafalgar Road home are friendly—and soft hearted. Having knocked on the wrong door, the wind howling and rain threatening, the owner wouldn’t hear of me waiting outside. Installed on a comfy seat in the communal foyer of this two-storey, two-apartment complex, she checked on me a couple of times, and I’m…
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Vincent locals stick together Huge numbers turned up to a robust rally last weekend to demand Vincent be kept together. And within four days, Colin Barnett, WA’s increasingly flip-flop premier, caved in. About 1200 people flooded Angove Street last Saturday to oppose plans to split Vincent and hand everything north of Vincent Street to neighbouring…
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Rod Willox is so angry with the Barnett merger he’s abandoned plans to retire from Stirling city council in October. Cr Willox has represented Lawley ward for 20 years and is determined to seek re-election to fight to keep Mt Lawley in Stirling. Under the Barnett merger, his home of 40 years is to wind…
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Bayswater mayor Terry Kenyon referred to the proposed Bayswater-Bassendean super council as “Greater Morley” at a special council meeting this week. “We should stop referring to the new merged council as Bayswater, it is a merger not a take-over,” he said diplomatically. The city will swallow the City of Bassendean, the suburb of Inglewood and…
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A “STAY IN STIRLING” public rally will be held at Astor Theatre, Mt Lawley at 7pm on August 28. Theatre owner Bruno Zimmermann has agreed to provide the venue free of charge. The rally will protest the Barnett government’s decision to move Mt Lawley from Stirling into a new Bayswater-Bassendean super council. Paul Collins, president…
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Photos of dog poo have put Vincent CEO John Giorgi in a stinky mood. He’s demanding an apology from resident Craig Willis who’d circulated the “offensive and repulsive” poo pictures to councillors, as an alternative suggestion for public art. Mr Willis wasn’t keen on the 300kg reading lamp proposed for outside a three-storey office and…
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More than 12,000 people have signed a petition to oppose new laws that classify certain breeds of dog as dangerous. Maylands Labor MP Lisa Baker tabled the second 10,000-signature petition—one of the biggest in recent years—in WA parliament last week. She wants the proposed Dog Amendment Bill 2013 to focus more on owner education and…
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The long-empty Greater Union cinema on Murray Street will be turned into a 21-storey hotel and office block after the plan won the thumbs-up from the Perth development assessments panel. Perth city councillor Rob Butler voted with unelected panellists Brian Curtis and Rory O’Brien to approve the project. The proposed tower had drawn criticism from…
