Dear Alex – I had hoped to publish this open letter in The Australian, but as my meagre part-pension could not cover the exorbitant cost of the Murdoch rag, the lovely editors at The Beast have agreed to indulge me...

VIRGO AUG 23-SEP 23 Stop worrying about the size of your arse. It’s what comes out of your mouth that matters, not your hefty hindquarters. LIBRA SEP 24-OCT 23 Try getting in touch with your friends when you don’t ne...

Single-use plastic bags are officially on the way out at your local supermarket (unless your supermarket of choice is Coles). So how should we line our kitchen bins now that there’ll be no left- over shopping bags? Eve...

With the NRL finals almost upon us and both local teams looking like genuine con- tenders, September is going to be an exciting time in the east. It has been over 80 years since the two great foes met each other in the b...

Jane Fonda, who turned 80 last year, gave a candid interview several years ago in which she admitted that her sex life needed some artificial help and she had been taking testosterone to boost it from the age of 70. She ...

“How’s the enemy?” I reflect on them saying. It was an unusual way to ask about the time, I always thought. That was, until life got so busy that I didn’t have the time to do all the things I love to do, like goi...

The Unreliable Guide has recently suffered a flood that turned my wooden apartment floor into a skate park. Thanks to the blessed auspices of the insurance company this will be rectified, but it means a major renovation....

How many times have you had a coffee, wine, beer, or a bite to eat in an Eastern Beaches cafe and bemoaned the traffic separating you from the sea, your search for peaceful ocean gazing destroyed by the asphalt, fumes, n...

CHARLIE TEO BROUGHT TO LIFE Thanks for the Charlie Teo article this month. The length of your article really helped me get a feel for what he’s about. He used the term “disruptor” to describe his new charity, and I...

Although you would never catch Pearl watching a reality TV series, it seems that every time I flick through the commercial channels I am confronted by trailers announcing ‘The big reveal’, ‘The reveal that will sho...