Yarralumla garden that salutes the brave
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON says the Government House Bravery Garden was designed with style and symbolism.
Lifestyle
All about life in Canberra
To be complacent means that you are pleased with yourself or your merits and advantages or the situation you are in: basically, being self-satisfied, writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Rosemary in Kingston is now open at night and it’s well worth a visit, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
With property-related offences remaining at concerning levels in Canberra, crime prevention advocate Neighbourhood Watch Australasia has launched a security upgrade rebate program aimed at empowering residents to safeguard their properties.
Gardening
The plant peril that comes in yellow
The Spotted Dead Nettle is from the mint family, but beware, buy the wrong variety and you'll have it for life, warns gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Health & Fitness
Taking a lunge into getting more from walking
Only walking for exercise? KEN NOSAKA shows how to get the most out of it.
Wine
Cold comfort drinking red wine in Japan
"Drinking mostly Japanese beer and sake with food wasn’t a difficulty, but for lovers of red wine though, expect to have to warm your glass to let the wine reach room temperature," writes RICHARD CALVER, home from a holiday in Japan.
Relatively new in the city on Bunda Street, Botswana Butchery is a steakhouse extraordinaire with an uncertain future, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
You got your eyesight tested and found out you need glasses. You put them on and everything looks crystal clear. But after a few weeks things look blurrier without them than they did before your eye test. What’s going on?
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON is focusing on a small, colourful plant that's perfect for a summer garden but won't be around when the frosts come.
"It’s the food that makes Beltana Farm shine," writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON. "Farmhouse shared plates are the go, served alongside a carefully selected list of Australian and local wines."
Another dose of cartoonist PAUL DORIN'S droll sense of humour.
The foliage and leaves of autumn bulbs is a good indication that the soil is cooling, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
"Confirmation bias occurs when a writer consciously or unconsciously cherry picks evidence that supports what they already believe to be true," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON returns to an inner-south pizza place after 14 years to discover the quality of the food and the delight at sitting outdoors on a warm evening under elegant, mature trees, remains the same.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN laments the pressure on parents these days...
Happy Easter from cartoonist PAUL DORIN and the staff of CityNews.
Here's one out of the hat from cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
"The Collector fiano was perfect to drink on a hot day: crisp, textural and with an element of preserved lemon. It is not a low-alcohol wine with a nudge above 13 per cent alcohol by volume," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
