Introducing Pearl, the ‘mongoose’ of North Fitzroy. Photo: Peter Barrett. I’ve never liked cats. For all the usual reasons: too aloof, won’t fetch sticks, can’t order them about. But as a young family living on […]
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Tag: melbourne
Insider’s design guide for Voyeur magazine
The nice folks at Voyeur Pacific+ (Virgin Australia’s in-flight magazine) asked me to put together a brief, insiders’ guide to great design experiences in Melbourne for a 2018 issue earlier in the year. I had […]
My TWR cover story on ‘daggy’ Melbourne
Last week I had my first cover story in The Weekly Review. Exploring the idea of ‘daggy’ Melbourne, it’s a reflection on a few of the institutions and things that make this city different […]
The Weekly Review
I’m pleased to report that I’ve joined the regular contributing team at The Weekly Review, a lifestyle and property magazine published in print, online and mobile every Saturday. My first story is about a Melbourne couple […]
The evolution of street art in Melbourne
In a back alley in Brunswick, a grown man is behaving like a kid. Dean Sunshine should be running his family textiles business. Instead, the lithe, curly-headed 50-year-old is darting about the bluestone lane behind […]
Homebuyers placing a premium on ‘walkability’
By Peter Barrett When random breath tests for alcohol were introduced in Victoria in the late 1970s one astute property owner read the writing on the wall. He sold up his old place and bought […]
Less smoke and super bright colours, that’s how New Year’s Eve is shaping up
This will be the ninth year Howard & Sons pyrotechnician Rusty Johnson has been involved in putting on Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display. Photo: Jason South. By Peter Barrett For the ninth consecutive year, Rusty Johnson […]
