CATE JENNINGS enjoys making some newspaper hats with her 95-year-old dad Des, a World War II veteran, and her 94-year-old mum Kath, who also served in WW II with the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service. Straight to a crossword, thence to the Stars (Aught to avoid any bad news that jars!) What’s on at the…

This is an extract from the Vincent Writing Centre’s first anthology of short stories and poetry. To get the full story and a stash of others, contact Peter Jeffrey on peter.jeffery@iinet.net.au or call 0481 462 612 I TRAVEL to Perth quite often with my family, and enjoy the ride on TransWA to Mandurah, and then on…

While tickets have now sold out for the third annual Long Table Dinner, there will be a host of entertainment for the whole community to enjoy on the night. Don’t worry if you don’t have a ticket, head down to historic High Street to take in all the spectacle of the event including of 1200…

THE Voice often throws around some niche LGBTI cant, so with gender reassignment reforms and gay surrogacy laws wending their way through parliament we wanted to take some time to explain some of the terms used during the debates. Some of these are from the Australian Law Reform Commission’s glossary, some were defined by Maylands…

A PERTH VOICE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE: Australia’s favourite roast chicken is now even easier to order. There is no question that West Australians love Red Rooster. The iconic Aussie brand that is 100% Australian owned and operated started up in Perth in 1972, with its very first restaurant in Kelmscott built and opened by well-known WA…

A PERTH VOICE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE To promote you business in an upcoming Health feature email advertising@perthvoice.com NOTORIOUS as the world’s deadliest spider after notching up 13 fatalities, Sydney’s funnel web spider is getting a make-over as a potential life-saver. Researchers in Queensland have discovered that a compound extracted from the spider is highly effective in…

BUGLERS, trumpeters, cornetists and flugelhorn players have responded with a virtual army to the RSL’s call to horns to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. This year while the big Remembrance Day ceremony is being held at Kings Park, about 180 horn players around the state will mark the minute’s silence with The…

AUSTRALIANS have served their country, when called on by the British Empire, as far back as the Crimea War in Europe and the Maori Wars in New Zealand. Australians were also involved in The Boer War in South Africa and the little-known Boxer Rebellion in China. A lot of Australians lost their lives in these…

A CONCERT of evocative poetry and music will commemorate this year’s Remembrance Day in Fremantle’s St Patrick’s Basilica at 2.30pm. For the Fallen will feature James Hagan reciting war poems while accompanied by musicians Eva-Marie Middleton (soprano), Michael Heap (baritone), Brent Grapes (trumpet) and Dominic Perissinotto (pipe organ). Following a wreath laying ceremony and The…