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After spending the better part of a day with chef Ollie Hansford, Brisbane News photographer Miranda Porter came to the following conclusion: this young gun – who heads up the kitchen at Stokehouse Q – deserves his own television show. Such is Ollie’s genuine passion for good food, not to mention his natural warmth and charisma.

We charged Miranda to style and shoot Ollie’s Christmas Day menu, prepared especially for Brisbane News readers, and you can see the scrumptious results on P8.

The dishes reference Ollie’s upbringing in the UK as well as his adopted home of Brisbane. Happy cooking.

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THE CHAT Lucy Maunder hits the high notes COVER STORY Stokehouse Q chef Ollie Hansford serves up Christmas lunch TRAILBLAZER Saddle up in Sherwood RESTAURANT Beaux Rumble, Fortitude Valley WINE Tassie’s finest sparkling whites ART The Artist’s Artist – Gil Jamieson, Birrunga Gallery & Dining, city FASHION Evening stars TRAVEL Byron Bay luxe

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Alicia Pyke Our aged care system is a shameful mess and until it’s fixed, the suffering continues ... I’m hoping the people in charge are going to fix it Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but Brisbane News is the first publication I ever worked at as a journalist. At just 21, it was an enormous honour and I loved it so much I stayed six fabulous years.

One of the first things I did as a junior journalist was “profiles”: brief, formatted interviews with a mix of regular Brisbane people and visiting celebrities mostly about travel tips, favourite recipes and where to have brunch. It was the ’90s, after all.

But one of the more whimsical profile topics has been on my mind lately. It was called “If I ruled the world” and people would share their ideas – both hilarious and

serious – for a world run their way. I don’t recall much about it except the comedianactor-broadcaster Paul McDermott was first to share his vision. It was funny and poignant as you’d expect.

Anyway, the reason I’ve been thinking about what the world would look like if suddenly I was in charge (excuse the momentary delusion of grandeur) is due to the huge response from readers and friends who saw my recent column about how special teachers are.

As more and more people shared how lucky they feel because their kids have wonderful teachers or reflected on the life-

changing influence of a teacher who encouraged them as a teenager, I started suggesting doubling teacher salaries.

Wouldn’t it be great to reward excellent teachers and attract more quality candidates to teaching degrees with bigger salaries? Yes, was the overwhelming response. People believe teachers should be paid more.

From there the conversation would often veer to paying nurses more as well. It seems a lot of people believe in paying more to the professionals who nurture our young and tend to our sick.That started me thinking about aged care workers too. Often the

people tasked with looking after the oldest and most vulnerable members of our society are poorly paid. Their training might be minimal but it shouldn’t be. Aged care workers should be thoroughly trained and paid accordingly.

Yes, our aged care system is a shameful – in some cases, criminal – mess and until it’s fixed, the suffering continues.

Which is why I’m hoping the people in charge are going to fix it, stat.

Not because it’s the right thing to do, but because they may need this sort of care themselves soon enough. That’s what I’d do, if I ruled the world.

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In the spirit Songbird Lucy Maunder is planner a cracker of a Christmas with a carol-filled concert at QPAC Hannah Davies

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hristmas is an exciting time of year for Lucy Maunder. Not only does she have an almost three-year-old daughter excited to see what Santa will bring, but for the first time she’s performing in QPAC’s spectacular Spirit of Christmas concert.

Full of uplifting songs and inspired by messages of love and peace, the muchloved event once again features the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and 200 glorious voices of the Spirit of Christmas Choir.

Lucy will also sing alongside The Book of Mormon star Blake Bowden.

“I love Christmas and everything about it, especially singing carols, so to be involved in such a gorgeous night of celebration is just brilliant,” Lucy says.

“I don’t know what I’m going to be singing yet but my favourites are Little Drummer Boy, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Silent Night.”

The festive season has taken on new meaning since Lucy became mum to little Edi, with her partner Jared Bryan, a fellow performer.

“Having Edi has given me a whole new depth to life in every way,” she says. “I was lucky enough to carry on performing when she was born, but as she gets older it’s becoming harder to juggle things and she’s more aware of me going to work at night and is asking me a lot more not to.”

With Lucy currently starring as Charlie’s mother Mrs Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, now in Melbourne and opening in Brisbane in March 2020, Edi has been a keen audience member and picked up the acting bug herself.

“She’s seen Charlie five times and loves it,” Lucy says.

“She’s a natural performer too and has that strong personality gene. She wears her Queen Elsa dress daily and is forever singing Let It Go. I think if she wanted to pursue acting I wouldn’t stop her, but it’s a difficult field to be in.

“We all understand the highs and lows of this industry and how you can go from a long contract and being financially secure to looking down the barrel of not much work. We might be pushing her into law and medicine instead.”

But Lucy, 34, who lives in Melbourne, has been lucky. She has forged a successful career despite the challenges and is one of the country’s leading theatre stars.

A graduate of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), her career highlights have included Rizzo in Grease and Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical.

In 2011 she won hearts with her portrayal of the iconic Lara in the world premiere season of Doctor Zhivago.

Playing opposite Anthony Warlow, she was nominated for both a Helpmann and Sydney Theatre Award.

It’s a role she would love to reprise.

“I was only 25 at the time and it was a very big role,” she says.

“Having had another eight years of life experience since then it’s one I would enjoy doing again with a more mature outlook. It’s a stunning show and beautiful to sing.”

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Season A to taste Stokehouse Q’s Ollie Hansford serves up a feast of flavours for Christmas Day Emma Schafer

CHEF’S SPECIAL ... Ollie Hansford plates up his tempting pork roast at Stokehouse Q; and with wife Natalia on their wedding day.

Main pictures: Miranda Porter

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lways cook as if you’re cooking for your mum. That’s the philosophy that sees young gun chef Oliver “Ollie” Hansford turn out the kind of dishes that delight diners and results in plates being returned practically spotless to the kitchen.

The 31-year-old is executive chef at Stokehouse Q, the iconic venue on the Brisbane River at South Bank, and I have caught him in a quiet moment before another frenetic dinner service – during which he and his team will again plate up mum-worthy morsels.

Ollie only recently returned to Stokehouse Q, a homecoming of sorts after a four-year stint with Stokehouse in Melbourne city, then St Kilda.

But the Brisbane venue was where it all began when he arrived from England in 2013, and the stars aligned this year to bring him back in time for a Queensland Christmas with new wife Natalia, 30, a bridal consultant.

Ollie says it will be just the newlyweds and some friends at their Morningside home on Christmas Day, but he will be thinking of his mum back in Leicestershire – his childhood home – as he slaves over a traditional English roast with all the trimmings.

“It’ll be hot and sticky in the kitchen, it always is in Brisbane at Christmas, but I still cook a roast dinner every year. No one wants it, but it’s tradition,” Ollie laughs.

His passion for food was sparked while working in his father’s sausage and paté business at the age of 14.

“That was a big eye-opener because before going to the factory I really didn’t know what went into a sausage. It was incredible to me that those ingredients turned into something so delicious and that started my interest in food,” Ollie says.

But it had always been the eating, not so much the cooking, that he loved most.

Wandering through London’s famous Borough Market after a morning of peddling sausages and paté, Ollie was inspired. “From salami to smoked fish, breads, paté and pork pies, I would try these things and they were just so tasty,” he recalls. “Then I’d meet the people V1 - BNSE01Z01MA

SMOKED MACKEREL HAM, BURNT ORANGE PUREE, PICKLED GOLDEN RAISINS, MALT CRISPS INGREDIENTS Burnt orange puree 4 oranges 800g sugar Water

Pickled golden raisins 200g golden raisins 100g sugar 100ml champagne vinegar 100ml water 400g smoked mackerel ham (try The Seafood Smokery Bundaberg or local seafood shops) Honey to glaze Rye bread loaf Bronze fennel and bitter leaves, to serve

Method For the burnt orange puree, place the whole oranges in a pot, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Once boiled, strain off the water and refill with cold water, bring back to the boil. Repeat this process four times. This helps remove the bitterness from the oranges. The fifth time, add 400g of sugar and bring to the boil.

Reduce the temperature to a simmer and cook for 10-15 mins.

While simmering, place a dry pan on medium heat and add the remaining 400g of sugar. Heat the sugar to a dark caramel, just before it starts to burn. The colour should be similar to dark rum. Strain the oranges and place them – still whole – in a blender with the caramel. Blitz on high, being careful not to burn yourself on the hot caramel, until smooth then pass through a sieve.

For the pickled raisins, add all ingredients to a pot and bring to the boil.

Once boiled, remove from heat and cool.

Slice the bread very thinly, drizzle with olive oil and salt and bake in a 180C oven for 5-8 mins or until dry and crispy.

To serve, slice a nice round from the smoked mackerel ham (chilled or room temperature) and brush with honey. Place in the centre of the plate. Dot the burnt orange puree around and add the pickled golden raisins. Add shards of the malt bread crisps, and garnish with herbs such as bronze fennel and bitter leaves.

Serves 4 as an entree

selling it and I felt their passion and could taste the energy they had for this food.

That really appealed to me.”

And so he enrolled at prestigious London catering college, Westminster Kingsway, then went to work at London’s Soho House before moving on Mallory Court in Warwickshire and Morston Hall in Norfolk, led by Michelin-star chefs Simon Haigh and Galton Blackiston respectively.

“In England I was working 90 hours a week and earning £20,000 a year and you always knew that if you were slack, or you didn’t turn up, or you complained, then that was it,” Ollie says.

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the “dog eat dog” industry emboldened Ollie when he arrived in Brisbane with his then fiancee.

He was ready for sunshine and his next cooking adventure while dining at Stokehouse Q one day with Natalia.

Impressed, he offered his services on the spot – and was duly hired.

Ollie says he’s never been happier in a kitchen than when he’s at Stokehouse Q where, comfortable in his surroundings, his approach to food has been free to evolve. “I used to think that turning an ingredient into something unrecognisable was really good,” he admits.

“But now, the coolest thing is going out and sourcing the best possible produce you can and showcasing that ingredient. For

me it’s about showing off how it’s supposed to taste, with less trickery.”

This signature style is on show in the special Christmas menu Ollie has prepared for Brisbane News readers.

There’s a nod to England in the roast pork main, but the fresh, zingy inclusion of pineapple plants it firmly in Queensland.

The Swiss roll dessert is an ode to his sweetheart, Natalia, who he married in May at the Little White Wedding Church in Maleny before a lavish reception at Spicers Tamarind Retreat.

“It’s one I cook at home and it’s one of my wife’s favourites,” he says, still clearly smitten after their near-decade together.

“It’s funny though because even if Natalia really loves something I make, I

rarely make it the same again. I’m always changing things up and trying new things.

It’s the same with this Swiss roll. I always do different flavours at home but for Christmas I’ve done a pistachio with white chocolate and quandongs that came fresh from a great local supplier,” says Ollie, who I get the impression would happily chat about food all afternoon, but the kitchen calls.

Before he shoots off to do what he loves most, I quickly ask what’s in store for next year. “I’m excited to put my stamp on Stokehouse Q,” he beams.

“Brisbane is a beautiful place and it’s where we’re going to stay. We’re set.”

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ROAST RACK OF PORK, SPICED PINEAPPLE, CARAMELISED PECANS, STEM GINGER SAUCE INGREDIENTS 2kg pork rack Salt

Spiced pineapple 1 litre water 500g brown sugar 8g dried chilli flakes 4g mixed spice 16g Szechuan pepper 16 cloves 6 star anise 3 pineapples, top and skin removed fennel chives pepper

Caramelised pecans 200g pecans 200ml water 200g sugar

Stem ginger sauce 100g chilled butter 60g shallots 40g ginger, peeled and finely grated 110g very ripe bananas, roughly chopped 6tbs raspberry vinegar 400ml veal stock

Seasoning Sage leaves, fried

Method Prepare the pork by scoring the skin and lay on a tray covered with salt in the fridge overnight.

For the spiced pineapple, preheat oven to 180C. Combine water, sugar and spices in an oven-safe pan. Add whole pineapples and baste in the syrup. Bake for 45-60 mins or until caramelised and sticky.

Remove from oven and allow to cool. Dice the pineapple and mix with diced fennel, chives, salt and pepper. Set aside.

For the pecans, combine water and sugar over medium heat until sugar has dissolved and mixture is slowly simmering.

Add pecans and cook for 5 mins, until liquid has evaporated and pecans are coated. Deep fry the pecans individually for 30-45 secs or until caramelised, crisp, and glazed. Allow to cool.

For the sauce, melt butter and ginger in a large pan and caramelise the shallots until golden. Add bananas and vinegar.

Cook for a further 5 mins then add the stock and simmer for 45 mins. Continue to simmer and reduce until desired consistency.

To prepare the pork, brush off excess salt and pat dry. Heat a tray or large pan on the stovetop over low heat, add vegetable oil to cover the base and cook on the skin side for 30 mins, rotating every 2-3 mins until the skin becomes crispy.

Turn pork on to the flesh side and place on a trivet in the oven at 190C for 45-60 mins, or until the internal temp reaches 48C. Remove and rest for 20 mins. The residual heat will keep cooking the pork.

To plate, slice a cutlet from the rack and lay on top of the pineapple mixture. Fry three sage leaves per serve for 15 seconds in oil heated to 180C. Arrange caramelised pecans and fried sage leaves around the cutlet and dress with the ginger sauce.

PISTACHIO, WHITE CHOCOLATE AND QUANDONG SWISS ROLL INGREDIENTS Sponge 3 eggs 110g ground pistachio 110g sugar 30g plain flour 120g egg whites 30g melted butter

White chocolate crème 200g white chocolate 600ml double cream 1 vanilla pod

Filling 100g pistachios, roasted and chopped 100g dried quandong (Roogenic Desert Quandongs, $34, roogenic.com.au or Toowong Wholehealth Pharmacy) 100g dried cranberries Icing sugar, to dust

Method Preheat oven to 220C (no fan). Combine the eggs, pistachio, flour and 80g of sugar and whisk for 5 mins or until light and aerated. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites, gradually adding 30g of sugar to create a silky firm meringue. Gently fold one-third of the meringue into the pistachio batter, then add the second and third until well incorporated. Fold in the melted butter. Line a flat tin or tray with baking paper and evenly spread the sponge mixture. Bake for eight to 10 mins. Remove and cool.

For the crème, melt the chocolate in a bain marie then set aside to cool very slightly. Whip the cream to firm peaks, then add the vanilla pod and the melted chocolate. Leave to set slightly.

Spread an even layer of the crème on to the sponge, speckle with dried cranberries, quandong and pistachios. Carefully roll the sponge and allow to set in the fridge.

To serve, dust the whole sponge in icing sugar and slice. Serves 4

Serves 4 as a main

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Mane event This Sherwood mum has turned a hobby horse into a full-time job with her pony-riding business DION BRADSHAW, 39 Sherwood Little Rides owner Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new with you?

In October I started a pony-riding business â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sherwood Little Rides. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a dream of mine and one I am so passionate about. Seeing the smiles on the faces of little children makes me so happy.

I wanted others to be able to come and ride the ponies and to do something fun with our huge paddock so close to the city. Also, I had my fourth (and last!) baby, Violet, earlier this year and recently returned to work as a university tutor in law one day a week.

How did that come about?

When the paddock behind our house became vacant, I mentioned to my husband that I wanted to get a pony for the kids and myself. He said no, of course.

It took some convincing but eventually he came around to the idea! We live in suburbia and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long to realise that kids in the area would want a ride too.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite a switch from law ...

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dream to turn a hobby into a job and to do something for the love of it. It fills up my cup to see kids enjoy the ponies. I love working with horses and ponies, their presence is somehow calming and brings me into the present moment.

SADDLE UP... Sherwood Little Rides owner Dion Bradshaw with Wilbur the goat and pony Dash. Picture: Renae Droop/AAP What happens at the pony parties?

Party guests can ride the ponies for an hour and brush our adorable miniature horse, Poppy. They can also feed and pat the goats, Wilbur and Franklin. The rest of the time is spent playing with their friends in the colourfully decorated secret garden, where they can go on the swings, build a hut or paint a unicorn picture. Dottie and Dash are my other beloved carrotloving ponies.

What is it about animals that you love?

As a young girl I was drawn to horses, as so many are! I begged for a horse and on my 13th birthday I finally got one. Thanks Mum. Now that I am a parent, I completely understand the sacrifice this involved for my family. All those early mornings to get my horse ready for pony

club, the daily commitment of feeding and grooming them ... the cost!

Who or what inspires you?

I try and take inspiration from the people I see and meet every day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; people who remain kind and positive even though they are facing tough times. Those who do favours or thoughtful gestures, despite having full and busy lives. I have neighbours and friends who constantly try to be there for others and help others without expecting anything in return. I take inspiration from their generosity.

What was your â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; moment?

I usually have one each morning after the third coffee. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that moment when the day ahead seems achievable. That usually fades by midafternoon. In terms of my

business, I realised I wanted to give it a real go when I had so many little volunteers wanting to trial the pony rides before weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d opened for business.

Your favourite spot to ride in Brisbane?

There is nothing better than walking the kids to school on a pony. They are always up and dressed early on the days we ride to school, which is usually on Wednesdays for active school travel.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next for you?

Coffee. And chocolate is always on my mind. However, with Sherwood Little Rides Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to see more kids come and experience the animals hands on.

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State of mind Take a bite out of the Big Apple at this new Valley venue with a distinctly New York vibe RESTAURANT Tony Harper

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spot in the Calile Hotel complex; a rather gorgeous array of rooms; and a chef with a schmick resume plus a Michelin star to his credit – it’s all the makings, it seems, of something quite special.

The place in point is Beaux Rumble, recently opened across the laneway from The Calile, on the Wandoo St corner, with a beautifully, perfectly understated fit-out that spans at least three rooms and a mostly-enclosed terrace.

Which is where I find myself, for Sunday brunch, on the terrace and buffeted by wind. Which could be a once-a-year anomaly, or could also be an architectural blooper. Who knows?

There’s the air of New York thrown into the mix here. For starters, chef Alan Wise spent his culinary adolescence in the city. And the designers have woven Grand Central Station subtly into the look; the coffee (perplexingly) is shooting straight for the New York psyche of coffee from a pot rather than an espresso machine, which kind of irritates my flat-whiteloving wife.

And every now and again the menu taps Americanism, like bialy – a bagel-ish, Poland-meets-New York roll, and waffle with pulled pork. But the foreign influence seems hinged-on, more defined by cooking over wood. Oysters, for example, come smoked over applewood, with dashi jelly, prune vinaigrette and fried ginger. Clever.

Sardines are wood-fired and scampi is fire-roasted, while sirloin is wood-roasted and leeks are charred over ironbark.

Ignoring the coffee debacle, there’s a solid drinks offering with a bubbles list and cocktails taking centre stage, and a fairly expansive wine list arranged by style

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BEAUX RUMBLE Ada Lane, 46 James St, Fortitude Valley Ph: 3181 3451 Brunch, Sun; lunch, Thu-Sat; dinner, Tue-Sat Vegetarian options Eftpos and major credit cards On-street parking SCORES OUT OF 10 Food: 6.5 Drinks: 7.5 Vibe: 8 Service: 7.5 GRAND DESIGN ... Beaux Rumble’s interior; sardines with chimichurri and soft boiled eggs (inset).

rather than variety or region. I’m not sure that all of the wines have landed in the right category, but regardless it’s a novel and reasonably practical method of organising a list.

The waffle ($28) is massive and, according to the menu, somehow has kimchi in its makeup. It’s piled high with slaw and pulled pork (ironbark roasted), chilli and coriander. And it’s merely OK.

The meat is a little dry, the waffle soggy and the whole thing lacks for “wow”.

Smoked chicken kofta ($11 for two) is marginally better, but still not packing any Michelin-star sizzle. In fact the star of my meal is a plate of rosti ($9), in rectangular batons, piled like a game of Jenga, with a ramekin of rather delicious house-made ketchup. I fear that I missed the best part of the restaurant.

Reading through the main menu, offered later in the day, I see grilled quail stuffed with yesterday’s bread, and whole roasted rainbow trout ... my sort of food.

But so too is ironbark-roasted pork on a good waffle, which I did sample. I love pork, it’s my meat-obsession, and I left Beaux Rumble pondering my choice of food, and my wife in desperate need of a flat white.

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Bass Strait sits close by and the wind is driving hard off the water and up the Pipers River Valley. The vines are looking battered thanks to the hammering they have received from the wind but decades in this place, home to some of the country’s finest sparkling wines from Jansz, have made them hardy.

But Tasmania is no one trick pony and in the last 10 years it has become seriously hot property. For many years Tasmania languished, not quite living up to its potential, but that has all changed and the local wines are now in demand around the world, particularly for pinot noir, chardonnay and riesling.

But perhaps its strongest suit is the local

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sparkling wines, which in the best cases can match it with the top wines in France.

There are many regions around the world doing their best to make wines similar to Champagne but arguably Tasmania gets closest of all.

One of the keys is its very cool climate that is not only surrounded by oceans but is also often at the mercy of icy winds from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. With little protection from the elements, Tasmania is also one of the world’s most difficult places to grow grapes, often resulting in highly concentrated wines.

Another feature of the best Tasmanian sparkling wines is that their winemaking closely follows that of Champagne. Handpicked chardonnay and pinot noir fruits are treated gently and bottle fermented

with extended time on their years lees. It is this long ageing that is responsible for the greatest sparkling wines on the planet due to their exceptional complexity.

Jansz was launched in 1986 by Heemskerk, aided by the iconic Champagne house – Louis Roederer, and is now owned by the Hill-Smith family of Yalumba fame. Its home vineyards are in the small, hilly and picturesque Pipers River region, on Tasmania’s north-easterly coast. The proximity to Bass Strait and its altitude are ideal for sparkling wines but it is also the lengths the Jansz winemaking team go to that ensure quality.

While many non-vintage sparkling wines are made without any impact of oak, 20 per cent of the Jansz Premium Cuvée base wines are matured in old oak before

the secondary ferment giving textural richness and detailed fruit while retaining classic Tassie brightness. For sparkling wines, in particular, it is many similar small steps in the vineyard and winemaking that make all the difference.

In addition to their Premium Cuvée, Jansz also has an enviable range of vintage wines, ideal for celebrations and the festive season. The most stunning is the 2014 Jansz Single Vineyard Chardonnay, of which only 2772 bottles were produced. It is a beautifully elegant and stylish sparkling wine – bright and fresh with great finesse and nougat-like complexity that would make the perfect start to any Christmas Day celebration. jansz.com.au

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GOING OUT

Mormon glory An encore season of the hit musical The Book of Mormon is bringing Alex Woodward home Hannah Davies

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here is a reason that local performer Alex Woodward is all smiles – he is looking forward to his second outing in hit musical The Book of Mormon.

He’s never been happier. “I thought I would be bored by now but I’m having so much fun every day,” he tells Brisbane News.

“I feel super lucky to be in one of the biggest musicals that’s ever come to Australia, and also I’m getting paid to be an actor – it’s incredible.”

The 31-year-old son of ABC TV weather presenter Jenny Woodward says he cannot wait for the show to open again in Brisbane in January.

Written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone with music by Robert Lopez, the production follows the journey of two naive Mormon boys (Elder Price and Elder Cunningham) from America to Uganda.

It will make a triumphant return after a sellout season at QPAC in March.

Alex, who calls Hamilton home, first saw the musical during a trip to New York and was instantly hooked.

“It’s one of the game-changing musicals,” he says.

“What’s great about it is it’s so hilarious but at the same time is actually a classic Broadway show and set up to follow a classic format like that of Oklahoma or Kiss Me, Kate.

“The characters set up the story and there are so many references to other popular musicals, but it also ticks all these modern comedy boxes. The South Park writers are hilarious.”

Part of the ensemble, Alex was

honoured recently when he got to step into the role of Elder Price in Perth, due to illness in the cast.

“I had learnt the part right at the start of rehearsals because I’m a second understudy but I really didn’t expect I would ever get to do it,” he says.

“Then after 220 shows I was finally going on as Elder Price.

“I was a bit nervous, but fortunately everyone in the cast was so supportive, which really helped. I took my first step forward and rang my doorbell and then a wave of calm came over me and I just rode it. It felt amazing.”

Alex, a former student at Marist College, Ashgrove, studied musical theatre at Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium, and also runs his own production company, Understudy Productions.

When it comes to giving advice to rising stars, he has plenty to say.

“I always tell people the first thing has to be that performing must be the only thing you want to do because if you want to do anything else you should do that.

“It is just near impossible to make it in this industry so you will also need sheer will and perseverance.

“I have been working towards performing since I was 12 so it’s been 19 years of hard grind to finally get me where I am now.

“It’s all been worth it though. I’m in one of the best shows of this century – laughing and loving life.”

The Book of Mormon, $50-125, from Jan 3, Lyric Theatre, QPAC, South Bank. qpac.com.au

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A COLOURFUL LIFE … Gil Jamieson’s works (clockwise from top left) Skull Tree at Rawbelle; Mounting the Horse; Fraser Island Fisherman; Man & tailor.

Outback legend Known for his wild and tempestuous works, Gil Jamieson mixed with Australia’s finest artists and his legacy lives on in a new show Phil Brown

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empestuous is a good word to use to describe the work of Queensland artist Gil Jamieson.

The word was used advisedly by the great Australian art patron John Reed when describing Gil’s work. Reed, of Heide fame (he and wife Sunday hosted some of our finest artists at their home salon on their property Heide outside Melbourne) gave Jamieson his first significant exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne in 1960.

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John Reed identified Jamieson’s landscape work as unique for a very good reason. “His paintings often achieve a wild and tempestuous beauty which sweeps us along into a world of heightened emotional experience.”

There’s that word – tempestuous – and it could have been used to described Gil himself. The artist, who died in 1992, was a close friend of mine.

I met him first in his hometown of Monto and have written about his work on and off for several decades.

He was always better known down south where he was friendly with John

Reed, Clifton Pugh, Fred Williams, Arthur Boyd and other significant figures in the Australian art world. I’m pleased to say his legacy is being rebooted right now.

That started with an exhibition in Monto recently and at the moment there is one on at Birrunga Gallery & Dining (aka The Henderson) in the city, which is a terrific space.

The gallery’s director, Wiradjuri artist and entrepreneur Robert Henderson, has teamed up with Gil’s son Matthew to help revive Jamieson in the public eye. Robert says he holds Gil Jamieson “in the highest regard for a number of reasons”.

“His artistry is exceptional of course, but really it’s the respect for Gil’s commitment and integrity to the stories of the time, the cataloguing of the day-to-day events he encountered and presented in political and social climates that held no favour for the truths of postcolonial Australia that makes his work so important. He was in no small way

diminished by the powers that be in the arts of those times. The exhibition and appreciation of these works, in this regard, is somewhat timely.”

The works on show are powerful and tell stories of life on the land. As well as being an artist, Gil was a farmer who raised cattle on a bush block near Monto. This gave him a unique position of recording the land from within the story.

He was a fine portrait painter, watercolourist and has works in most of our major galleries including several in the QAGOMA collection.

It’s wonderful to see him being remembered in this way. The works are powerful and fascinating and, well, tempestuous.

There’s that word again.

The Artist’s Artist, Gil Jamieson. His Influence.

A Snapshot, until Dec 24, Birrunga Gallery & Dining, Basement Level, 300 Adelaide St, city. roberthenderson.com.au

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FILM

THE GOOD LIAR (MA15+) hhhjj Director Bill Condon Starring Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Russell Tovey Since acting is a kind of confidence trick, Ian McKellen might already be described as a master fraudster.

This goes some way to explaining the delicious collusion we feel as we watch this veteran grifter impersonate a harmless old codger for the purposes of swindling a sweet little old lady out of her inheritance.

A narrowed eye, early on in the piece, clues us in to the fact that McKellen’s Roy Courtnay is no gentleman thief. That nasty edge is confirmed in the second act by a swift and brutal counter-attack in a tube station that highlights the man’s utter lack of compunction and balances out The Good Liar’s Old Testament ending.

In the interests of financial diversification, or perhaps just to keep himself amused, Courtnay specialises in two kinds of marks: the arrogant and the innocent.

To prove the point, he goes straight from his blind online date with Betty McLeish (Mirren) to an elaborate banking hustle involving a couple of gullible London investors whom he distracts with champagne and strippers.

Adding more layers to the seasoned British thespian’s scam is Dame Helen (The Queen, Prime Suspect, The Cook, The Thief,

DEVIOUS DECEPTIONS ... The formidable talents of Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren are a joy to watch in thriller The Good Liar.

His Wife & Her Lover). With an actor of her formidable reputation in the role, one wouldn’t want to underestimate the widow in question.

Starved of companionship, McLeish dives, feet first, into the new relationship – despite the warnings from her overprotective grandson (Tovey).

For someone who taught history at Oxford University, the 70-something widow seems strangely naive.

But academics aren’t necessarily worldly, and McLeish only lost her husband a year ago. An occasional tart comment and raucous laugh are enough to suggest hidden depths. The longer this romance plays out, the more we realise how much there is going on beneath the surface.

As to what, well, on that front the filmmakers keep us guessing right up till the end.

If the final twists and turns feel a little

PLAYING WITH FIRE (PG) hhjjj Director Andy Fickman Starring John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo After rescuing a sharp-tongued teenager and her two, cute-as-a-button siblings from a blazing inferno, a gruff, emotionally arrested firefighter is forced to take care of them for an entire weekend.

While Jake “Supe” Carson’s fellow smoke jumpers do their best to support him, it’s amazing how much havoc a bunch of rebellious youngsters can wreak on a small space in a short amount of time.

Designed as a star vehicle for wrestlerturned-actor John Cena, this Nickelodeon family comedy is not so much playing with fire as microwaving soggy leftovers.

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Keegan-Michael Key, Finley Rose Slater, and John Cena in Playing with Fire.

Plan (also directed by Andy Fickman), Cena plays a musclebound alpha male reduced to jelly by his three young charges.

There’s also whiff of Tom Selleck’s Three Men and a Baby in the regulation nappy-changing sequence, which Fickman draws out to such an extent, it borders on inappropriate. Cena has been a memorable screen presence as a supporting player in

comedies such as Blockers, Daddy’s Home 2 and Trainwreck.

But his oversized persona is underutilised, here, in the lead role of Supe, a by-the-book first responder who thinks nothing of leaping feet first, into a forest fire, but who is terrified of emotional commitment. Of course, that makes life incredibly hard for his would-be love

too far-fetched to be completely satisfying, there’s a certain consolation in the intricacy with which they unravel. And the chemistry between these two acting legends, in this, their first screen collaboration, is worth the price of admission alone.

Based on the novel by Nicholas Searle, and directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Beauty and the Beast), The Good Liar is a captivating game of cat and mouse executed by two consummate pros.

interest, amphibian biologist Amy Hicks (Judy Greer).

John Leguizamo also works hard to milk some laughs out of his cowardly helicopter pilot and Keegan-Michael Key threatens to inject some genuine humour into proceedings with his lightning quick performance as Supe’s fanboy, but the material works against them.

Tyler Mane’s taciturn Axe has to wait almost the entire film to deliver his one punchline. And then it stiffs.

Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) makes her presence felt as Brynn, a sassy teenager who is clearly hiding something about her parents’ whereabouts, while Christian Convery and Finley Rose Slater mug it mercilessly for the camera as her two siblings – particularly in the aforementioned poo scene.

Soap suds, fire hoses, toilet humour, prat falls – you already know the drill.

While it’s hard to resist Playing With Fire’s cheesy feel-good resolution, which lights up Cena’s loveable lug, there are precious few laughs in the lead-up.

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY (PG) hhkjj Director Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon Starring Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Allison Janney, Conrad Vernon The McMansions fast encroaching upon the Addams family’s crumbling, mist-shrouded asylum aren’t all that’s been “Trumanised” in this bland reboot of the popular ’60s TV show.

Morticia (Theron), everybody’s favourite ghoul mother, has lost much of her mojo. The lugubrious Lurch (Vernon) has been reduced to a musical accompanist. Hell, even the carnivorous plants lack bite.

Young Wednesday Addams (Moretz) does her best to liven things up with a dose of adolescent angst, but it’s an uphill battle.

Having been “cage-schooled” by her overprotective parents her entire life, the marvellously morbid teenager rebels, with characteristic sangfroid, by attending the local junior high school where she is befriended by a fellow misfit.

Parker (Elsie Fisher) introduces Wednesday to smart phones, social media, and pink, unicorn hair clips. In return, Wednesday cuts the school’s resident mean girl/bully down to size and treats Parker to an edgy Gothic makeover.

While the blossoming friendship represents a significant challenge for Wednesday’s bizarre family of eccentrics, their reaction pales in comparison to that of Parker’s mum, Margaux Needler (Janney), a celebrity renovator-turned-property developer with hair so big it makes Farrah Fawcett’s famous ’70s “do” look positively subdued.

As the Addams family is keen to point out, monsters come in all shapes and sizes. To

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build her latest, homogenous development, Margaux has drained the swamps that surround the Addams’ abode with the unexpected effect of exposing their haunted 19th century refuge to public view.

The ruthless businesswoman immediately declares war on the terrible “eyesore” because she is worried about its effect on property prices and manipulates her fellow townsfolk into running the “freaks” out of town.

By holding a cracked, cobwebbed mirror up to capitalist conformity, The Addams Family aims to be a light, fun celebration of diversity. But the humour is stiff and the kookiness is self-conscious – a lifeless Thing and Snoop Dogg’s Cousin Itt are particularly underwhelming.

This fourth movie adaptation, and first animated feature, based on Charles Addams’ cartoons is strangely flat.

Audiences might reasonably have expected more from such a star-studded cast and directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party).

This version of The Addams Family is not nearly ooky or spooky enough.

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FERRARI FOOD FASHION FURNITURE: ITALIAN FINESSE Newstead The best of Italy was on show at Ferrari Brisbane to mark Italian Cuisine Week in Queensland.

Guests dined on delicacies from Tocco Italiano while admiring furniture from Natuzzi Italia and Ideare alongside the finest suits from Elio Marzullo – all perfectly paired with four gleaming Ferraris.

Elio Marzullo and Enza Zumbo

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BONITA COLLECTIVE POP-UP STORE LAUNCH West End Brisbane label Bonita Collective threw open the doors to its first pop-up, at West End, with a Cubanthemed party in keeping with its summer 2019 collection. Guests were impressed with the freeflowing bubbles, balloon installations and conga drum players bringing the fun with their exotic beats.

Lorilie Cunningham and Stephanie Rooke

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THE ICONIC SUMMER SHOW AFTER-PARTY Fortitude Valley Models, reality stars, influencers and fashionistas let their hair down at Eleven Rooftop Bar after an electric runway show at The Calile Hotel. The Iconic’s 2019 Summer runway show featured looks from local and international names, worn by models sized 6 to 16. The show supported the brand’s We Are Human Summer ’19 campaign.

Liz Anderson and Natasha Squarey

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Tides of change Visit the hippy haunts of old and luxuriate in the newer parts of Byron Bay on a mini-break with the lot Tonya Turner

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he transformation of Byron Bay from quiet, hippy, coastal town to busy, eclectic, tourist destination has well and truly been made. As this much beloved township in a magical spot on the most eastern point of Australia’s mainland has grown over the decades, it has fought hard to hold on to the core of its earth-loving identity.

“Byron has changed, it’s so busy,” goes pretty much every conversation about Byron by those born before 1985. And it’s true. It has. Money, popularity and time will do that to a place.

As Byron settles into its new identity as a destination where backpackers, bohemians, holidaying city-slickers and celebrities meet, and where new

This much beloved township ... has fought hard to hold on to the core of its earth-loving identity

businesses, developments and services share the landscape with its old buildings and institutions such as the Cape Byron Lighthouse and Arts Factory Lodge, visitors are given the chance to both

celebrate Byron’s past and discover something new.

In recent years, a large area of Belongil Beach has been transformed into a luxe destination dubbed North Beach. While the old town centre on Byron’s main beach still has its famous Beach Hotel, tie-dyed fashions and casual vegetarian cafes, in New Byron you’ll find the 5-star resort Elements of Byron, the high-end fashion, retail and lifestyle precinct Habitat, the Aesthetica beauty salon offering dermal treatments and injectables, and uber-cool Argentinian restaurant Barrio.

On BYO Mondays the locals come out to play at the latest addition to Byron’s foodie havens, filling the modern dining room with talk and laughter while head

chef Francisco Smoje and team dish out generous plates of baked ricotta with roasted capsicum, charcoal chicken with piripiri sauce, snapper and salted cod pie, almond meringue with quince and rich dark chocolate mousse.

Running between Byron’s two worlds along a 110-year-old train track is a symbol of old meets new – the Byron Bay Solar Train. The beautifully restored 1949 vintage carriages run on 6.5 kilowatts of flexible solar power panels moulded to the roof and charging a big lithium battery.

There is also 30 kilowatts of solar panels on top of the North Beach train station helping to top it up. It costs $4 one way for adults and $2 one way for kids, paid to a train conductor on the platform

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WORLDS APART ... (clockwise from main) Zephyr Horses offers rides along the beach; eco-villas at Elements of Byron resort; the Byron Bay Solar Train; the resort’s morning yoga sessions; a luxury ensuite; and poolside cabanas.

who hands out small cardboard tickets for the trip.

During the slow and easy 3km ride into town, the conductor walks the aisles punching holes in the tickets and explains the train’s solar technology to its more curious passengers.

This captivating and charming addition to Byron was the brainchild of Elements of Byron owner Jeremy Holmes and is a world-first.

It’s also a handy way for guests at the resort to get into the heart of Byron and avoid the traffic and car-parking hunt – that is if they can manage to pull themselves away from the resort’s private two-bedroom eco-villas, gorgeous swimming pools, swim-up bar, taco van,

hanging chairs, morning yoga by the beach, rainforest walks, beach club, tennis court, bocce pit, giant chess, children’s playground and heavenly continental breakfasts, pizza bar and fine dining meals in the family friendly Azure restaurant.

Courtesy buggies take guests from one end of the resort to the other any time of the day or night in this peaceful oasis where the perfume of eucalyptus trees hangs in the air against a soundtrack of waves crashing on the shore and birds singing in the coastal flora.

Just a short walk from the resort, adventurous travellers can take a horse ride along a forest trail or on the sandy white beach with Zephyr Horses.

Our guides for the one-hour ride are

Just a short walk from the resort, adventurous travellers can take a horse ride along a forest trail or on the beach

Byron locals Claudia, who instantly makes the kids feel comfortable with her broad smile, and Paola, who traded her former life as a showjumper in Brazil for a more relaxed coastal life working with the

animals she adores. Today we’re riding Ziggy, Bubba, Fireball and Zola beneath the shade of the paperbark trees, immersed in nature.

When the ride is over, we guzzle cold water in old rocking chairs on the porch of the rustic shed where we geared up before heading back to the resort to cool off in the pool.

Along the way, a sign points the way to the nudist beach further north. Whether you’re “clothing optional” inclined or not, it’s good to know some things never change in Byron Bay. Elements of Byron, 144 Bayshore Dr, Byron Bay, from $445 a night. elementsofbyron.com.au, habitatbyronbay.com

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Mix master The Plant Society’s Jason Chongue reveals his simple tricks to creating a lush urban oasis

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y favourite cities around the world all incorporate a balance of beautiful planting and refined architecture. From the lushness of The High Line in New York City to the creepers that scale London’s buildings, a city is more appealing when plants and architecture intertwine to form a layered urban environment.

Nurturing plants in small spaces is no different than curating parks on a larger scale: it’s all about layering. In nature, you find different plants growing among one another to create a more lush and interesting whole.

Planting in clusters will help you create your own unique foliage layers.

NATURAL TALENT … Architect and interior designer Jason Chongue adds plants to enliven urban areas, inside and out.

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colours or textures. To achieve a continuous language, I often use planters in the same finish and only a handful of plant species.

PLANT IN ODD NUMBERS

This is one of my favourite design elements to harness. Using texture when styling, whether through foliage or planters, can add so much character to a space. Observe how ruffled foliage can catch the light and shadow, adding depth and intricacy. Steer away from your typical hardware store planters and embrace the work of local ceramicists, which will bring a unique touch to your space.

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CONSIDER HIERARCHY Always anchor the space by giving some elements the spotlight, then add plants that will work well in a supporting role. This, in turn, will create a layered garden and will allow you to incorporate a mix of textures.

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GET SEASONAL We forget that gardens can look great all year round, even in the cooler months. Think about how your garden will present itself throughout the seasons.

Certain plants thrive in cooler months, while others thrive in warmer months.

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To save your space from looking monotonous and flat, incorporate plants in a range of sizes so that larger and smaller plants complement one another.

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UNDERPLANTING Whether potted or in a garden bed, finish your garden with some interesting underplanting: in other words, incorporate smaller plants underneath larger ones.

Creeping or clumping plants are great for this as they provide a dynamic canvas for overflowing foliage.

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BOOKS

Portrait of a lady If you love Netflix’s The Crown, then you will lap up this memoir from Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting Lady in Waiting Anne Glenconner Hachette $32.99 Lady in Waiting seems not so much a reflection on the shadows cast by the Crown but on the strength and courage it takes to survive the grandeur and all its messiness, secrets and strangeness.

From the outset Lady Glenconner examines both the intimate connection yet inevitable distance between her family and the royal princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.

From playmates as children, growing up on adjoining grand estates, to the estrangements enforced by war and marriage, this is an intimate portrait of a life lived within the aristocracy and at times knitted into the fabric of the royal family.

The eldest child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, Anne Glenconner, 87, reflects that hers has been an “extraordinary” life, and Lady in Waiting reveals that – the good, the bad and the incomprehensible violence she endured married to a man who seems as witty and charming as he is inherently cruel both in public and private.

There is also a delightful, almost naive candidness to the myriad stories that give a distinct insight into incredible moments in history. They include her role as a maid of

Who am I, again?

Lenny Henry Allen & Unwin, $32.99 Sir Lenny Henry – TV presenter, co-founder of Comic Relief and award-winning actor – has been making people laugh since he was a boy. From his early childhood, the son of a “Jamaican Wonder Woman” and a “walnut-hard man” he thought was his 34 BRISBANE NEWS December 11-17, 2019

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Anne Glenconner’s Lady in Waiting is a fascinating memoir reflecting on her life among the British royals.

honour at the Queen’s Coronation, to being a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, and her own incredible success abroad selling her mother’s ever-expanding Holkham Pottery wares, where she ultimately finds herself in the company of Hollywood royalty such as Bob Hope, Bette Davis and Danny Kaye.

Beyond the glamour though, there is a dark and mysterious mix of cruelty that ebbs throughout her life, from the bestial governess who tied her to the bed at night,

father, to the moment his life changed at an audition for British ITV’s New Faces, Who am I, again? is a catchment for his reflections on assimilation, racism and forging a stellar career against a backdrop of anxiety about his place in the world.

This funny, moving memoir reveals how an apprentice factory worker from Dudley navigated family secrets, violence, intense bigotry – including his years on The Black and White Minstrel Show – to forge a brilliant comic career. Lyrical at times, jumpy at others, haunting and honest, it accounts for the early life of a man who wonders if he is man enough or black enough, who became a national treasure.

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to the macabre and often violent escapades with her womanising husband of 54 years, Colin Tennant, and the tragic loss of her two sons and the catastrophic accident that almost robs her of a third child.

We see the strange bedfellows that are reality, and the glamour and intrigue of the British royal family and its encompassing upper-class as it all stretches out across continents. It is an eye on another time.

It is no surprise then that the book begins with a call to Lady Glenconner,

In Darkness Visible Tony Jones Allen & Unwin, $32.99 Following his historical political thriller The Twentieth Man, veteran Australian journalist Tony Jones returns to the protagonists of his debut novel in his latest offering. Jones reignites the relationship between Marin Katich, the

earlier this year, from the actor Helena Bonham Carter, who has phoned to discuss her role as Princess Margaret in season three of Netflix series The Crown.

Such is the value of her insight from a lifetime with and beyond the life of the Queen’s sister.

Then of course there is the lady herself, portrayed by British actor Nancy Carroll in The Crown, whose life is so richly revealed in this compelling account.

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son of a fascist war criminal and believed dead, and freelance Australian journalist and daughter of a communist Anna Rosen.

Jones delves back into the worlds he inhabited as a foreign correspondent, with characters that ignite enough curiosity to want to travel with them across both time – from the 1970s to 1992 and 2005 – and place. From Croatia to The Hague, Bosnia to Sydney, the complex relationship between Katich and Rosen plays out against a backdrop of allegations of war crimes supposedly committed by Katich, and Rosen’s pursuit of uncovering the truth. The writing is assured, the settings evocative and the story highly readable.

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Beastings Benjamin Myers Bloomsbury, $19.99 Benjamin Myers’ breathtaking fiction Beastings is a bracing, chilling story that sees a teenage girl with a child she has stolen chased across the haunting Cumbrian Mountains by a sadistic priest and one-legged poacher (and his dog) recruited to hunt them down.

Book of Dust: Volume Two: The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman Penguin, $32.99 At almost 700 pages Sir Philip Pullman’s second volume of The Book of Dust requires commitment, but the reader will reap thrilling rewards on every page. It is 20 years since the events unfolded from the first volume La Belle Sauvage, when baby Lyra Silvertongue was rescued by the young Malcolm Polstead during the floods. It is seven years since Lyra and Will Parry separated at the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy (an adaptation is currently on Foxtel). In The Secret

The Testaments Margaret Atwood Random House, $42.99 For almost 35 years the millions of readers of dystopian classic The Handmaid’s Tale have wanted to know what happened to their heroine Offred, as she tries to leave the totalitarian state Gilead. Now Canadian author Margaret Atwood finally answers all the tantalising

Beyond the Sea Paul Lynch Bloomsbury, $29.99 From the award-winning Irish author of Grace comes a haunting new work that is as wondrous and deep as the sea itself.

Based on a true story, it is the tale of two fishermen, the younger Hector and older Bolivar, who set out in a storm to catch fish, the journey taking an inevitable turn into abandonment. Lost and drifting on the Pacific, caught between hope and the hazy menace of starvation, dehydration and madness, the story of these two men and their struggle for survival is a pageturning, lyrical feast reminiscent of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient V1 - BNSE01Z01MA

Nothing is lost in Myers’ device of not naming the main characters as the prose is so deft, so achingly beautiful, with the Girl and the child exquisitely identified on the very first page as “a rare and delicate egg that had fallen from a crooked nest”.

Pursued by the Poacher and maniacal Priest, bound up in his biblical ramblings, the uneasy pursuit moves like an enveloping fog, gripping and unsettling in equal parts. Through starvation and terror, wilderness and taunting skies, the result is a tragic tale of gothic proportions.

Reminiscent of the stark storytelling of Cormac McCarthy, Beastings is simply spellbinding.

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Commonwealth, a confused Lyra has a troubling relationship with her daemon, Pantalaimon.

Events take off when Pantalaimon witnesses a murder and Malcolm, now a professor and secret agent, is called in again as our heroes try to solve the mystery of Dust. Brilliant storytelling.

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questions in this electrifying read, and winner of this year’s Booker Prize. The sequel picks up the story more than 15 years after Offred’s escape but Offred only plays a minor role, her character appearing on only a handful of pages, with the novel featuring the dynamic and fascinating testaments of three female narrators. This book delivers both for fans of the original novel and of the award-winning TV series.

It follows an older Aunt Lydia, and her explosive secrets and strategies, and two younger characters: Agnes, who is in training to become an Aunty; and Daisy, a Canadian teenager who enters Gilead on a secret mission.

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The men forge a bond in unthinkable and often violent circumstances, with the empty hours bristling with a strange humour as they measure time with fish bones scratched into the boat. The light and dark of their lives plays out in a story that is dazzling, unsettling and deeply revealing of the human condition.

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Phil Brown My son likes to dress up for the theatre and so do I. We don’t overdo it. A nice pair of pants and a smart sports jacket will do for starters I have complained about theatrical dress standards before but unfortunately I now have to do so again. Because on recent visits to QPAC I have been appalled by some of the spectacles that have confronted me.

For a start I have noticed several people wearing shorts, which is inappropriate evening attire and certainly not the sort of thing you should be wearing to the theatre.

The other night at A Christmas Carol, shake & stir’s brilliant adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, my son and I turned up in our tailor-made attire, the spoils of a recent holiday in Hong Kong.

My son likes to dress up for the theatre and so do I. We don’t overdo it. A nice pair of pants and a smart sports jacket will do for

starters. Going to the theatre is special. Not for some people though.

Many of the folks in the foyer for the early Sunday night performances we attended at the Playhouse looked like they had come straight from a barbecue.

We were gobsmacked to see one bloke there wearing shorts and thongs – to the theatre! That shows a certain lack of self-respect as far as I’m concerned.

So you have people who have made an effort – us and thankfully some others – and you have the folks who haven’t even bothered to run a brush through their hair and who have thrown on some clothes that had been lying on the bedroom floor at home. I think it’s only fair that you want to

feel comfortable but you can do that in appropriate attire and no-one wearing thongs should be allowed into the auditorium.

Admittedly audiences are feeling a bit more relaxed nowadays and with the renewed popularity of musicals recently, more and more people are going to the theatre, including people who aren’t usually theatregoers. So you get quite a mixture of outfits. I’m pleased to see on opening nights though that a lot of people get all dolled up, which is lovely. Then you’ll see some dude in unwashed chinos wearing a filthy T-shirt. It really shouldn’t be allowed.

And it kind of spoils the ambience. I’m not saying everyone should wear a tuxedo or

even a tie but a nice jacket wouldn’t hurt and you can purchase one quite cheaply nowadays. In fact you can dress well for very little financial outlay but I don’t think it’s about money. It’s about attitude and respect, for yourself and others.

And sure it’s a free country and if you want to look like a rubbish tip on legs that’s fine. Although it’s not really. When you’re going out to the theatre for an evening it’s special, so why not try and accentuate that by dressing appropriately.

At least shave or run a comb through your hair. And for the love of God, don’t wear thongs – and pull your shorts up. The last thing I want to see going into a play is some bloke’s plumber’s smile.

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If your answer is a new home, embrace your inner child and get out and explore the Greater Brisbane region this summer.

Because no matter whether you are upsizing, downsizing, investing, retiring or buying, it pays to expand your horizons and explore.

Brisbane, and its surrounds, offers a wide range of properties – from multimillion-dollar riverfront residences in the inner city to affordable houses with Moreton Bay views just 30 minutes up the highway.

But what about the tree-changers? They are covered too, with sprawling trophy homes on acreage in the inner west, to family homes on big blocks just a few extra kilometres out.

REA chief economist Nerida Conisbee said Brisbane offered one of the most diverse markets in the country, with a suburb for every budget and lifestyle within easy reach of the CBD. “That’s the thing with Brisbane. You can get the lifestyle you want at home and still be close enough to the city,” Ms Conisbee said. “You can get that (a tree change) in Sydney, but you might have to move two hours away to the Blue Mountains.

“It really is no wonder why we are seeing so many interstate and overseas buyers looking to Brisbane and the southeast.”

But while outside eyes are open to looking at the whole of the Brisbane market, locals often became creatures of habit, focusing their search on a few predictable suburbs.

Ms Conisbee said looking outside of your comfort zone could not only save your hip pocket, it could also land you a dream home.

“A buyer may want acreage and feel priced out of one area, but the thing with Brisbane is that a bit further afield, or in another part of town, they might just find

what they want at a fraction of the price,” she said.

So with this is mind, we take a look at the Brisbane market as a whole – the inner ring, north, south, east and west – and what we can expect to see in 2020 and beyond.

And already, there is mounting evidence that the city and region is on the cusp of a growth spurt, having recorded only a mild correction during the property downturn.

The latest CoreLogic-Moody’s Analytics Australia Home Value Index predicts that house values in Brisbane will increase by 2 per cent next year, and another 3.7 per cent in 2021.

Apartment values, which have taken a hammering in some areas, are also expected

to record solid growth of 5.4 per cent in 2020 and a further 6.5 per cent the following year.

The QBE Australian Housing Outlook 2019-2022 has tipped even more significant growth – an average value jump of 6.4 per cent per annum over the next three years.

QBE Lenders’ Mortgage Insurance CEO Phil White puts that down to an undersupply of freestanding houses in Brisbane.

“The type of people that are moving to Brisbane are looking for lifestyle and they’re families,” he said. “They prefer housing, but we’re just not building the houses.”

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more listings to meet buyer demand.

Experts are even tipping that Brisbane will be the nation’s darling of property investment, particularly in the $500,000 bracket.

Ms Conisbee said she expected that the inner city and inner north suburbs would be the star performers based on demand data, but said the southeast overall would be the region to watch in 2020.

“Brisbane is a bit of a sleeping giant,” she said. “The fact Brisbane didn’t really take off like Sydney and Melbourne did during the last property boom isn’t a bad thing.

“It didn’t have that crazy price growth because the market was balanced … the whole southeast Queensland region will be interesting to watch over the next few years.

“There is certainly plenty of interest coming from investors, interstate and overseas buyers.”

The median house price in Greater Brisbane is currently $535,000 – almost $200,000 less than that of Greater Melbourne and $400,000 less than Greater Sydney.

A recent survey for REA Group, which quizzed more than 7700 Aussies between May and June this year, revealed buyer confidence had increased in the Sunshine State.

The research revealed that buyer confidence had increased from 43 per cent in 2017 to 50 per cent this year.

Buyer confidence in Sydney - the market where most interstate buyers are looking to Brisbane - grew just 2 per cent to 48 per cent.

So get out there and explore our great region. Your next home might be waiting for you.

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HEN it comes to water views, Brisbane has many to choose from. And something for almost every budget.

There are the multimillion-dollar houses and apartments with Brisbane River frontage and the trophy homes with spectacular views of Moreton Bay. Further afield, more affordable options can be found on the upper reaches of the river. The only question is, do you want to live north or south of that river?

The Moreton Bay region is consistently held up as one of Australia’s property powerhouses, and is recognised as one of the fastest growing areas in the country. And while it does have some suburbs nudging the million-dollar mark, even toppling it, the region offers some serious value for money and plenty of attractive lifestyle options.

CoreLogic data shows that the median house price in the overall council region is just $465,000, with units at $315,000 – well below the Greater Brisbane median of $535,000 for houses and $385,000 for units.

But prices have been edging up, with the median dwelling price up 13.4 per cent in five years.

The most expensive waterfront suburb is currently Newport, a relatively new suburb on the northern end of the Redcliffe Peninsula.

But just next door, in the neighbouring suburb of Scarborough, you can still find houses around $566,500.

However it is Clontarf, an older Redcliffe suburb, that REA Group chief economist Nerida Conisbee is tipping as one her top spots to watch in 2020.

Demand data compiled by realestate.com.au shows Clontarf is currently the most sought-after suburb in the Moreton Bay region, but there are also a number of top performing suburbs including Ningi (up 11.17 per cent), Woody Point (up 10.8 per cent), Redcliffe (up 2.41 per cent), Scarborough (up 1.87 per cent) and Newport (up 1.07 per cent).

Ms Conisbee said there was good reason why interstate buyers were looking to Brisbane.

“Quality of life is something that a lot of buyers are looking for, even more so now,” she said.

“And many of those buyers don’t have to work in the office very often anymore, or be in Sydney or Melbourne every day. You are lucky in Brisbane because you have affordable waterfront options that are not that far from the city.

“In Sydney, a 45-minute drive might get you to Bondi but you will pay many millions for it.”

But it is not just realestate.com.au that is seeing smooth sailing for much of the Moreton Bay property market. The Price Predictor Index Spring 2019,

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released by Hotspotting, identified five “rising markets in the Moreton Bay council region alone – Arana Hills, Murrumba Downs, Petrie, Sandstone Point and Warner – and plenty more “consistent” markets.

And with the amount of investment pouring in to the Moreton Bay region, both public and private, the whole area is only likely to grow.

The first stage of the 10.5ha University of Sunshine Coast Moreton Bay campus at Petrie is set to open in February, while work is also expected to start on the redevelopment of Strathpine Centre in the new year.

Several large residential estates are also under construction, or in the planning stages, with the developer of the Laguna North Lakes lifestyle precinct now also expecting to break ground next year after some recent design changes.

Kevin Bostock of Waterfront Properties Redcliffe said more than 90 per cent of properties sold on the

peninsula were bought by owner occupiers downsizing or shifting from suburbs south of the CBD, as far west as Toowoomba, and as far north as Caloundra. But he said the secret was out, with the destination often featured in southern state publications.

“Redcliffe was really popular in the ’50s and ’60s, (and) the last few years has seen that come back,” he said. “The council has done a phenomenal job on the parks and amenities … no matter where you live on the peninsula you are never more than five minutes from the water. Everything you need is here – hospitals, specialists, good schools, the train line, and Westfield North Lakes is 12 minutes away.”

South of the Brisbane River, the Bayside is also one to watch in 2020, with REA tipping that Manly and Ormiston will have their day in the sun. Both have seen growth north of 10 per cent this year.

Place Manly agent Marc Sorrentino said the

Bayside was “Australia’s best kept secret”.

“It is the closest waterfront to the CBD, has the biggest marina in the southern hemisphere, and you can walk down to that marina, jump on a boat and go out to islands, dive on the reef, and then get dropped back to the marina and walk home,” he said.

“When I talk to people in Sydney, they all say the same thing – they would pay four, five times the price for that same privilege in Sydney.

“We are 20 minutes from the city and the airport.

It would take you the same amount of time to walk from the airport terminal to your carpark in Sydney as it would take to drive from the Brisbane airport to your home in the Bayside.”

But Mr Sorrentino said he believed the Bayside’s time flying under the radar was over, predicting a strong year ahead. “I am seeing a lot of people coming from the inner-city who can’t even park in front of their own house,” he said.

MORETON BAY Newport .......$740,000 Banksia Beach .............. ......................$576,500 Scarborough..$566,500 Woody Point..$502,000 Woorim.........$500,000 Godwin Beach ............... ......................$460,000 Ningi..............$458,000 Bongaree........$456,250 Margate.........$455,000 Sandstone Point............. .......................$449,500 Clontarf.........$440,000 Redcliffe ........$439,500 Rothwell .......$420,000 Bellara ...........$387,500 Beachmere …$385,000 Donnybrook …$384,375

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RISBANE’S inner ring suburbs are expected to continue their strong performance in 2020.

Windsor, which is about 8km from the CBD, has emerged as the most in-demand suburb in Brisbane, according to new data from realestate.com.au With a median house value of $902,750, the leafy suburb has been charging up the rankings, with values increasing by 33.7 per cent in five years, according to CoreLogic.

New data from realestate.com.au shows that Greenslopes, Newmarket, Wishart and Holland Park round out the top five most in-demand inner city suburbs for houses.

Holland Park in the city’s south, which is within 10km of the CBD, is one to watch. Unlike the prestige suburbs of New Farm and Paddington, Holland Park remains in easy reach of the family budget, coming in with a median house value of $722,500.

REA chief economist Nerida Conisbee said many of the in-demand suburbs in Brisbane’s inner ring were “Cinderella suburbs” – or the up-and-coming suburbs close to prestige suburbs.

Ms Conisbee believes that the city’s inner ring will see the strongest growth in 2020, and the return of investors and overseas buyers could be a key reason why. “I think buyers and sellers are feeling

more confident in Brisbane as well … there is a lot of positive news,” she said.

The latest Spring Price Predictor Index, released by analysis firm Hotspotting, has identified the ‘Brisbane North Precinct’ as one of the nation’s top 10 growth zones for houses, and in the inner ring that includes many of the most in-demand suburbs. It comes as several city-changing projects are expected to hit high-gear in 2020, including the Queens Wharf precinct, the ongoing redevelopment of the Howard Smith Wharves, the Brisbane Quarter and Brisbane Metro.

Velocity Property Group, which has two projects in Taringa and the ONE Bulimba Riverfront project, can see

growth in the Brisbane market.

“Lifestyle is the key to meeting buyer needs. We are looking at a range of locations throughout Brisbane in 2020 to create more desirable residences for downsizers,” Velocity national sales director Caroline Humbert said.

In Kangaroo Point, Devcorp has Lume – a luxury apartment development.

Devcorp’s Meghan Mulligan said the concept of the “vertical village” had also taken off in Brisbane.

“Location is no longer the provider of accessibility to amenities, rather, location is reserved purely for views and proximity with the demand for the building to provide everything else,” she said.

Teneriffe....................... $1,850,000 Hamilton.......................$1,500,000 Chandler........................$1,485,000 New Farm.......................$1,477,500 Bulimba..........................$1,342,500 (Source: CoreLogic Market Trends)

TOP 20 MOST IN DEMAND SUBURBS FOR HOUSES 1. Windsor.........................Inner City 2. Greenslopes........Brisbane South 3. Newmarket..................Inner City 4. Wishart................Brisbane South 5. Holland Park .......Brisbane South 6. Coorparoo ...................Inner City 7. Paddington ..................Inner City 8. New Farm ....................Inner City 9. Mansfield ............Brisbane South 10. Ashgrove ............Brisbane West 11. Wilston ........................Inner City 12. Camp Hill ....................Inner City 13. Red Hill .......................Inner City 14. Indooroopilly .....Brisbane West 15. Toowong ....................Inner City 16. Holland Park West .................... ..................................Brisbane South 17. Chelmer ..............Brisbane West 18. Gordon Park ..............Inner City 19. Auchenflower ............Inner City 20. Bardon ...................... Inner City (Source: realestate.com.au)

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HEN it comes to owning a coveted acre or more within easy reach of the CBD, Brisbane is probably the only eastern capital where that dream can still be a reality.

From the more affordable suburbs in the west like Mount Crosby, Karana Downs and Anstead to the million-dollar estates of Brookfield, Fig Tree Pocket, Chelmer, Chandler, Pullenvale and Belmont – there is a tree-change to suit every budget.

Re/Max Results principal Deborah Evans said there were a lot of family buyers looking for more space.

She said the huge area she covers – which she estimated has probably 2000-plus acreage properties – was changing, with many of the farms and cottages being replaced with executive homes.

She said many of her buyers were moving from inner-city suburbs.

“They want more than the 405 sqm block,” she said. “And in many cases they can get that and still be within 20 minutes of the CBD. “And the further out you go, the more affordable it gets, but you still might only be talking about another 15 minutes.”

Ms Evans said Brisbane’s acreage market was unique as it was still within easy reach of the CBD, the

quality of homes was improving, the communities were better serviced and they were often in proximity to other lifestyle drawcards.

“I am just outside a house in Belmont and it is two minutes to Carindale shopping centre … and it is still close enough to have a boat in the harbour at Manly,” she said.

Spinks & Co Residential Brisbane principal Rachael Spinks said major projects like Legacy Way and new retail hubs in the outer ring suburbs were attracting a new wave of young families.

“There’s definitely a resurgence of young families going out there and it is to do with lifestyle and value for money,” Ms Spinks said. “What they can get compared with the inner city is unbelievable.

“There is a great sense of community, and people want to get their kids outside and doing stuff rather than being on iPads at home.”

But it is not just locals realising what can be found on Brisbane’s doorstep.

Johnston Dixon director John Johnston said he expected the influx of high-end buyers from Australia, China and India to continue into the new year.

“It’s been a halcyon year for the top end of the acreage market, with some extraordinary sales even

in the more general $1-2 million sales bracket,” he said.

Expats from Europe and buyers from China, Hong Kong and Singapore were a dominant feature in the current market given the economic environment overseas, Mr Johnston said.

He said that Queensland’s status as a leader in higher education, with the University of Queensland among the top 50 universities in the world, was expected to continue to drive Chinese buyers to Brisbane.

“They can sell a 50sq m apartment in Beijing and

buy a mansion in Brookfield for the same money,” Mr Johnston said.

And while acreage property is traditionally held on to longer than inner city properties, Mr Johnston said it was possible to flip acreage in Brisbane.

“We sold a property for just over $3 million and then within three years we sold it for more than twice that,” he said.

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It is this factor that REA chief economist Nerida Conisbee feels will see Brisbane’s acreage market shine in 2020. “A lot of these acreage areas are better serviced now than they were, say 20 years ago, and when you consider how long people commute to work in Sydney, you can have acreage in Brisbane and still get in to the CBD easily,” she said.

“That is unique to Brisbane now – you can have a rural lifestyle close to the city at some fairly affordable prices.”

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CROSSWORD ANSWERS. CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Foreman, 5 Quarter, 9 Ignores, 10 Acclaim, 11 Naomi, 12 Situation, 13 Scrambler, 15 Trade, 16 Racks, 18 Key worker, 21 Principal, 24 Named, 25 Imagine, 26 Satanic, 27 Answers, 28 Oboists. Down: 1 Friends, 2 Rancour, 3 Martinmas, 4 Noses, 5 Quarterly, 6 Accra, 7 Tsarina, 8 Romance, 14 Lake poets, 15 Two and two, 16 Replica, 17 Cuirass, 19 Kimonos, 20 Reduces, 22 Chide, 23 Lasso.

QUICK: Across: 1 Pleased, 5 Forward, 9 Retinue, 10 Outworn, 11 Eerie, 12 Melodious, 13 Talking-to, 15 Slyly, 16 Essay, 18 Amendment, 21 Balaclava, 24 Later, 25 Attract, 26 Tighten, 27 Expanse, 28 Cutlery. Down: 1 Perfect, 2 Enthral, 3 Sincerity, 4 Dream, 5 Footloose, 6 Rated, 7 Apology, 8 Dynasty, 14 Guarantee, 15 Sidelight, 16 Embrace, 17 Split up, 19 Entitle, 20 Tyranny, 22 Chain, 23 Aztec.

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