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$2 pool entry across Newcastle is only fair to inland suburbs

Letters: 'The ocean baths have no entry fee and probably attracts even more outsiders as the inland pools.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 12

Judd Apatow welcomes us into his comedic life with the illuminating scrapbook memoir 'Comedy Nerd'

Judd Apatow has released a new book called “Comedy Nerd,” a 570-page memoir-scrapbook filled with memorabilia from his career

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025

"A little more restraint in the number of extra notes would help let things shine": Camel break out the complexity but fail to enthral on Mirage

Mirage: a flute-heavy mix of symphonic sweep, jazz fusion and melodic subtlety

Louder · Sep 1, 2025

‘It’s gritty and it’s real’: finding a proper resting place for Australia’s unclaimed funeral ashes

The not-for-profit Sustainable Funerals Group honours the passing of people with unclaimed ashes by sending them out to sea

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2025

Take away Lidia Thorpe's right to protest at your peril, armchair critics

Letters: 'Anyone would think she committed murder.'

Newcastle Herald · Oct 31, 2024

Fugazi: A great title but no songs to go with it… even the pathologically casual Marillion started to worry they’d never write the record, and they’d never get a drummer to play on it if they did

The story of how Marillion made their second album, 1984's aptly titled Fugazi

Louder · Mar 12, 2024

“Genesis, Floyd and ELP all received so much more popularity… I’ve always just accepted who and where we were and I don’t think about why we didn’t reach those same heights”: Andy Latimer is happy if Camel managed to matter

Despite having once discovered that “orchestras are a bunch of little kids and hooligans,” the band leader wanted to return to the Albert Hall after reinventing The Snow Goose

Louder · Feb 29, 2024

Groovin the Moo festival’s cancellation is expected to have a ‘profound ripple effect’. So what went wrong?

Six regional towns have been left reeling after the festival cancelled just eight days into ticket sales. What’s behind the change in consumer behaviour – or was it a line-up issue?

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2024

Newy, Newie or Newcastle? City's nicknames are terms of endearment

We even have shortened suburbs for the same reason.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 11, 2023

NightQuarter entertainment and hospitality precinct closes on Sunshine Coast

The Sunshine Coast's recovering music industry has been dealt a major blow with the largest live music venue in the region suddenly shutting its doors permanently.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022