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ustralian Design Centre Director Lisa Cahill and Cultural Advisor and artist, Jason Wing, in the gallery in Darlinghurst.

‘We got nothing’: Axe falls on galleries and the state’s only design centre

More than a dozen galleries have missed out on state funding, and the Australian Design Centre in Darlinghurst may be forced to close its doors.

  • Linda Morris

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Sydney’s boulevards of broken dreams.

Hellscapes, eyesores and housing hopes: These are Sydney’s boulevards of broken dreams

They are the roadways that most Sydneysiders try to avoid – but locals are hopeful of change in Sydney’s once grand boulevards.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Ellie Busby
Steamed egg custard sando.

Punpun

This venue is a finalist for best sandwich in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Custard tarts, pandan coconut brioche and Vegemite avocado scrolls.

Shadow Baking

This venue is a finalist for best treats in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Denny’s Point Piper trophy home with gun barrel views of Sydney harbour.

Rich lister who paid $19.5m for iconic Sydney home selling for $46m

He bought the home four years ago after reading that it was for sale in this very masthead, and now has plans to downsize.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Architect Ed Lippmann transformed a small unit for his son in Darlinghurst.

The small Sydney homes that are growing a big audience worldwide

Architect Ed Lippmann was given one mission above all others when his son asked him to redesign his 50 sq m warehouse apartment.

  • Julie Power
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Shady Pines Saloon soon after opening in 2010.

Swillhouse’s bar Shady Pines Saloon to close after dispute resolved with landlord

The venue helped redefine the city’s bar culture, before allegations of sexual misconduct rocked its parent company. Now the site is being turned into a private members’ club.

  • Scott Bolles
Half-chicken with French onion soup toast.
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Heritage farmhouse meets natural wine at this new bread fanciers’ hang-out

The All Purpose Bakery team brings “posh RSL” vibes and a no-bookings policy to a refurbished sandstone cottage on Oxford Street, serving rissoles, steak, oysters Kilpatrick and all things bread.

  • Callan Boys
The existing billboard fronting Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, and a photomontage of the proposed billboard that did not receive planning approval.

Is this Sydney’s Times Square? The battle over an Oxford Street billboard

A court battle has uncovered the startling revelation that the coveted advertising spot on the corner of Oxford and Flinders streets has not had council approval for decades.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Dining at Bar Vincent.

Bar Copains team takes over food lovers’ haunt and chef hangout Bar Vincent

“When you’re in a position to buy such a great restaurant, you do”: Seasoned chefs Nathan Sasi and Morgan McGlone have snapped up the Liverpool Street venue, only weeks after opening their latest project, Bessie’s.

  • Scott Bolles

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