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Our beloved Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick has been in the media recently. Why? The hospital is under serious threat of being downgraded and the full range of medical services that you expect your children to h...

We’ve already established in previous articles that Coogee local Sophie Smith is an absolute superhero. After giving birth to premature triplets in 2006, Sophie and her husband Ash faced unimaginable tragedy. Their son...

Every once in a while we discover frightening health risks associated with products that are ingrained in our daily lives. Asbestos, for example, is still quite literally coming out of the woodwork and you only need to w...

Bronte’s Pamela Cominos is the founding principal of Cominos Family Lawyers, a specialist divorce and separation legal practice. She shares her local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived here? I have al...

There’s always a new food bandwagon for the middle class to jump upon – paleo, keto, gluten-free, lactose-free and vegan, just to name a few – but the latest trend to hit the middle class streets is way mor...

Cycleway Circus Who remembers those heady days in the early ‘70s when we all first fell in love… with roundabouts? Councils all over Australia were smitten. We were catching up with Europe and well ahead of the U...

Cancer Jun 22-Jul 22 Even all the natural immunity you’ve built up from years of poor hygiene won’t save you from a debilitating cold this winter. Leo Jul 23-Aug 22 Everything you’ve achieved comes down to luck, so...

The recent opening of another instantly popular restaurant on Bondi Road means the area’s transformation into a bona fide hub of quality restaurants and bars is now complete. Bondi Road’s newest addition, Peppe’s, ...