We all like to think of ourselves as individuals. Our culture tells us we should know our own mind, follow our hearts and be ourselves. Advertisers certainly play on this desire. Sociologists Cheng & Schweitzer defin...

Bondi Pair Charged Over Massive Meth Haul Two Bondi men have been charged over a huge haul of crystal meth as part of a police operation targeting organised criminal networks. According to a police press release, officer...

There is nothing better than a comfy new mattress, but do you ever spare a thought for what happens to your old one after it’s left your home? Every year, a massive 1.25 million mattresses end up in landfill in Austral...

Waverley College students are trying their hand at being filmmakers with the school’s new short film festival, WaveFest. The festival, which has been spearheaded by the College’s Student Mentor Coordinator and PDHPE ...

First Things First Thank you Bronte My name is Chris, a long-time Bronte local and co-owner of Three Blue Ducks. I cannot begin to express how grateful I am for the support that the local Bronte community has shown me an...

Two years into the COVID pandemic and Pearl is detecting an air of hopelessness as each day morphs into yet another day of masks, vaccines, PCRs, RAT hunting, QR codes and quarantine. There’s the obscene price of petro...

Randwick’s Heidi Hereth is the local artist behind this month’s cover. She shares her local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived here? Around 50 years – people come up to me saying I sketche...

Sagittarius Nov 23-Dec 21 Your work should fit in around your leisure, not the other way around, despite no one ever having achieved this. Capricorn Dec 22-Jan 20 Letting yourself go over the Christmas period will have l...

Flavour forward, plant-based food has finally landed in Bondi. Opening just a few weeks before Christmas, Flave Bondi has a menu of diverse offerings for everyone from the plant-based warrior to the meat-loving sceptic. ...

My inspiration for this spicy Hawaiian fish burger was a mixture of the afternoon summer sun, the sand between my toes and a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean from my beach towel. Even if I’m making this myself at ho...