While Christmas is a delightful time of year for many, today’s column is meant to do a little to cheer up anyone who is not feeling the best, just three sleeps from the big day.
Adrian Barich
As we career towards Christmas with all of the control of me riding a bike after a couple of glasses of rosé, can we spare a thought for the real heroes of the season?
Nat Locke
Proper restaurant reviewers have very scientific scoring criteria. The loos are apportioned a part of the total, and linen napiery might get you an extra point. I rely on the glow I get from a place.
Amanda Keenan
This week, our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is grabbing a chicken bhuna and settling in to pay tribute to Gavin & Stacey as it finishes up for good this Boxing Day.
Clare Rigden
Film critic Ben O’Shea has assessed the big movies slated for release next year to come up with his tips for what to see, including Mickey 17, Superman, F1, Michael and Avatar: Fire And Ash.
Ben O'Shea
The particular joy of this dessert is that the meringue can be made in advance. To serve, drizzle the strawberries with balsamic vinegar and vanilla and whip some cream. It’s magnificent and deliriously easy.
Nigella Lawson
TV reviewer Clare Rigden uses her inside knowledge on what to put on your must-binge list: Suits: LA, The Narrow Road To The Deep North, Apple Cider Vinegar, Prime Target and A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms.
Food critic Simon Collins spends more time in restaurants than most, so here, he gives his verdict on the top five new eateries you should try: Gibney, Papi Katsu, De’sendent, Karla and Cassia.
Simon Collins
The writer, actor and director’s idea for what became A Real Pain had stalled, until his internet browser served him an ad for Auschwitz tours with the key selling point of “lunch included”.
Three of WA’s top stylists, Zara Bryson, Clare Ryan and Teagan Sewell have put together countless chic outfits for runways, magazine shoots and clients. They share their top picks for a fashionable new year.
Megan French
Our tips include a handcrafted kimono from Broome, a skincare queen’s new sunscreen, bottomless handmade pasta and a new late-night laneway lounge.
STM team
This week we’re watching Douglas Is Cancelled through slit fingers, dipping into Daddy Issues, trying to get enthused by Virgin River and reliving our childhood love of Wham! with a great Christmas doco.
I have a good friend who I take advice from. Now, this doesn’t seem to be an earth-shattering revelation but I actually believe it is. Most people don’t want, like or follow good advice. Some even resent it.
Am I too old to go clubbing? Absolutely. But this was different: several hundred women in their sparkliest outfits and most comfortable shoes, dancing to bangers. Just don’t read the Facebook comments.
Mikey Madison, by her own admission, cries a lot. Whether she’s happy or sad, that’s how she expresses herself. But when she was shooting the Palme d’Or-winning Anora, she found tears didn’t come easily.
Esther Zuckerman
Of all the grains you can use for salads, farro is the absolute queen. It is elegant, chewy and inherently complex, and that’s before you add any seasonings.
Melissa Clark
The award-winning drama Bump is finishing up for good with its soon-to-be-released fifth season dropping this Boxing Day. For Claudia Karvan, star and series co-creator, it is a bittersweet moment.
Our tips for the week include a young artist embracing classical painting, a First Nations soda, a nifty cooler backpack from a local startup and a mouth-watering burger pop-up.
Is Five Points Kitchen Perth’s friendliest cafe? Or was it just having a moment on the day of this review?
Kate Emery
A Perth father on the brink of death. A stranger half a world away, whose stem cells are a match. A high-stakes race against time across two continents. Inside the fight to save Matt Skeet.
Rhianna Mitchell
If social media bans help protect kids online, I’m all for it. And even if teens use social media to support their wellbeing, I’d point out we’ve been learning about ourselves for centuries without it.
I didn’t apply the industrial strength insect repellent offered free in the Mangrove Hotel’s outdoor areas early enough. But The Bay Club is a stunning place to sit when one is appropriately covered.
From queues to see Santa to trees so stunning that children aren’t allowed anywhere near them, as we hurtle headlong into the Christmas panic season it’s time to remind ourselves that nothing is perfect.
Over the years, my friend my friend Ursula Reshoft-Hegewisch arrived at my door with all manner of elaborate desserts but her most recent offering was something I’d never even heard of: blitz torte.
