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...

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...

First Things First… Goodbye As possibly the worst columnist that this erstwhile magazine has ever had, in the early days of The Beast when I was allegedly the Health Editor, the publisher has granted me one last in...

Local Development Issues Waverley park Dear Editor – Thank you for bringing attention to the proposed building of yet more cricket club facilities in Waverley Park. The Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club already has excl...

Local artist Ruth Schneider is the creative talent behind this month’s cover painting. Ruth shares her local favourites with The Beast… How long have you lived here? I’ve lived in the Eastern Suburbs most of my...

Current Development Applications Forgotten people? I read last month’s letter from Simon Furness, Uniting’s Director of Property & Housing (Opening Up the Heritage of the Waverley War Memorial Hospital, Letters, ...

Coogee artist Alex Snellgrove is one of 57 finalists in the Portia Geach Memorial Award with her portrait of Sydney Morning Herald journalist and fellow Coogee local Helen Pitt. In Her Element was painted at Ross Jones M...

Local Development Applications THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE There is an aspect of the proposed redevelopment of the Coogee Bay Hotel and surrounds that has not received the attention it deserves. The proposal includes 60 new apa...