With the coalition government setting out new rules for refugees in detention, the stress levels for those incarcerated are drastically increasing. However, local musician Philip Feinstein believes that music can help re...

While parents are pressured into forking out hundreds of dollars to ensure Santa satisfies their children’s wish list and Gen Y revellers are up in arms about which designer labels to don at the seemingly endless numbe...

Age | 5 months Sex | Male Breed | Great Dane x Weight | 21kg Dawson is a big goofy pup that came from a rural pound. He has a very gentle, calm nature and just loves human attention. Dawson is social with other dogs. At ...

Eastern Suburbs property buyer’s agent Tracey Chandler shares her local favourites with The Beast… Where do you live? I am currently living in Potts Point. How long have you lived there? Eighteen years. I cam...

Randwick and Waverley will be two of the greenest regions in Sydney when it comes to waste disposal as the local councils and residents pave the way with state-of-the-art facilities and innovative ideas. Last month, Veol...

Eugene Tan (better known as ‘Uge’), creator of the ridiculously popular surf photography blog Aquabumps, is absolutely killing it. Not only are his photos pretty special to look at (whether on the blog site o...

On and off over the past twelve months Pearl has been grey nomading around Australia, ‘Eastern Suburbs style’ – no Mazda bongo van for Pearl. The comforts of plane travel have allowed me to arrive in destinatio...

Dear Editor, last month’s article titled Local Councils Rise To Sea Level Challenge (The Beast, November 2013) appeared to suggest that the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fo...

Sagittarius Nov 23-Dec 22 Realise that none of your mates are on your high intellectual wavelength and drop the standard of your hilarious gags to a more understandable level. Capricorn Dec 23-Jan 20 A focused strategy m...

If you’ve ever passed Bondi Beach on a Sunday afternoon you may have noticed a group of runners criss-crossing the sand with an unusual exercise accessory: garbage bags. Meet the ‘Responsible Runners’ &...