James Norman
James Norman is a freelance writer and a media manager for Environment Victoria.
$5 for a feed? The cheap, cheerful eateries building a community and defying inflation
Despite rising prices and a cost-of-living crisis, some Melbourne cafes and restaurants are defying inflation by keeping prices as low as $5 per meal, and in turn increasing their customer base.
- by James Norman
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Life in the ’burbs
Living in St Kilda is like living in New York’s East Village – or as close as it gets
Aged 16, I moved into a flat in Barkly Street, St Kilda. Thirty years later I returned to buy an art deco apartment in the same street.
- by James Norman
Pride of place: New Melbourne Queer Film Festival venue a ‘no brainer’
The Victorian Pride Centre – or the ‘Gaudi of the south’ – is gearing up to host screenings for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival for the first time.
- by James Norman
Inside the remote Italian home of Australia’s bohemian high priestess
“Mick Jagger once came out here to this canyon with Marianne Faithfull in the 1960s – Vali had no idea who he was and said, ‘Oh, do you play guitar?’”
- by James Norman
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Travel
International travel’s back, but there’s good reason to explore at home
In these climate impacted times, I just don’t want to blithely join throngs of Australian tourists circumnavigating the globe pointlessly, getting drunk in generic bars or lounging on beaches all day while the planet burns.
- by James Norman
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