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Paul Ashenden is a senior reporter with The Advertiser and Sunday Mail. He has held a range of senior roles in newsrooms around Australia, including editor of the Sunday Mail and editor of SAWeekend magazine, and is a passionate storyteller.

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Veteran Don Corey, and St Aloysius College year 10 Emily Crocker, with year 9s Avalon Smeaton and Freja Milne planting the 2/43rd Batttalion Association memorial cross at the Field of Remembrance at the National War Memorial for Remembrance Day in Adelaide, Monday, November 9, 2020. (The Advertiser/ Morgan Sette)

War vets: We won’t let cross vandals win

Defiant war veterans have a message for the people accused of wrecking Remembrance Day shrines in the city.

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Dozens of memorial crosses at the RSL's Field of Remembrance near the National War Memorial on North Terrace have been vandalised in the lead-up to Remembrance Day. Picture: Supplied

Police guarding vandalised memorial crosses

Police have moved in to watch over thousands of Remembrance Day memorial crosses in the Adelaide CBD that have been repeatedly stolen and vandalised.

SA News

John Reynolds in front of the old JR Music City,building on Weymouth Street he sold in December .Wednesday October 28,2020.Picture Mark Brake

Drum store razing marks end of a status cymbal

One of Adelaide’s most iconic music stores will be demolished to make way for residential apartments, and it will be a sad day for the men who ran the store for nearly 50 years.

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Artists impressions of the Adelaide development The Cullinan at 181 Waymouth St on the site of John Reynolds Music City, ,

New record: CBD apartment set to sell for $5.395m

A mansion atop a new twin-tower complex on the site of an iconic former music store in the CBD is poised to break SA real estate records.

SA News

Bay to Birdwood goes all in on historic overhaul

This weekend’s milestone running of the iconic Bay to Birdwood will usher in a new era for the classic car rally as one-off change becomes permanent.

SA Weekend

Vintage crop: Inside SA’s love affair with historic cars

On the 40th anniversary of the first Bay to Birdwood, SAWeekend goes for a drive to discover the allure of an annual motoring pilgrimage about to set sail on a brave new era.

SA Weekend

Why these Diggers traded a slouch hat for a US army tank

They were part of Australia’s most decorated unit of the Vietnam War. But why did they trade a slouch hat for a 50-ton American tank?

Food & Wine

Frying tempura at ShoSho, Hyde Park... for SA Weekend

Sho time: The new Japanese restaurant turning heads

A succession of small snacks and state-of-the-art tempura make this suburban Japanese eatery a lot of fun, writes Simon Wilkinson.

SA Weekend

This years tuna toss was won by Matt Staunton, 36, of Adelaide. He won with a toss of 22.16m. The women's winner was Brenda Wilkins from Sydney with a toss of 8.6m.

SA Great: The 13 events which have shaped our state

Did you see Cher at the Grand Prix in 1990? Did you jump off the Glenelg jetty dressed as a flying pig in the Birdman Rally? Take our quiz to find out how South Australian you really are.

Food & Wine

Re-made Marion: It’s almost the complete package

A suburban pub, which has had a $20m transformation, includes two dining spaces and something for everyone, writes Simon Wilkinson.

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