Avalon’s Tilli Kay has performed twice at Night at the Barracks, and now she’s making her own path Singer-songwriter Tilli Kay says there was never really a ‘pinpoint time’ in her life when she decided to give music a go. After...

Regular users of North Shore trains will have seen a sign at Waverton Station urging passengers to ‘Alight here for beautiful Balls Head.’ The history of that iconic graphic is uncertain. A faded version was already in place by the...

Briony Scott returns to Manly as the new CEO of Royal Far West For Briony Scott, taking up the position of chief executive officer at Royal Far West (RFW) in Manly is a full-circle moment. While growing up in Seaforth, Briony...

Drought led to Narrabeen Lagoon being used as an airstrip in the 1920s In 1910 a requirement was imposed on Warringah Council – as a precondition to the NSW Government agreeing to fund the extension of the tram from Brookvale –...

Neil Diamond tribute performer Peter Byrne Shakes It Up for charity Neil Diamond’s classic hit Sweet Caroline has recently found a new generation of fans, and singer Peter Byrne, who performs a tribute show to the US superstar, says it’s a...

Year 12 student Hannes Ennemann recently represented Northern Beaches Christian School (NBCS) as a featured speaker at the Entrepreneurial Educators Exchange Unconference in Sydney. Hannes shared his insights into the evolving challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI in education. As...

Being a good sport comes naturally to Narrabeen Lakes teacher Nathan Casey Narrabeen Lakes Public School teacher Nathan Casey doesn’t like to blow his own trumpet. He was surprised and humbled when he was presented with a School Sporting Excellence Association...

Mitch Wynter says you will fall in love with his Cirque du Soleil character Trickster from Kooza, back in Sydney after 10 years. Editor in Chief Michelle Giglio discovers the Cirque magic in person. To journey into a world far away...

Dr Benita Tse is leading research into colorectal cancer There’s mystery surrounding the increase in diagnoses of colorectal cancer in young people, and Dr Benita Tse is hard at work at the Kolling Institute in St Leonards, leading research into the...

Absconding from servant’s duties landed one North Shore convict on the iron gang Two hundred years ago, in 1826, the newly arrived Governor Ralph Darling introduced the first formal guidelines for convict ‘assignment’. The bureaucracy of convict management was tightened and,...