Out & About Sydney: April 2021
Get out and about in Sydney this April! From the Easter Show to Anzac Day; the Sydney Comedy Festival to the Sydney Writers’ Festival, there’s plenty on in the Harbour City.
Blue Mountains
Sydney rent prices: coming down … or just a downer?
Few seismic shifts could compare to the idea of Sydney rents going down – but that’s what’s happening, at least in some parts of the city.
MYST aren’t missing the mark
Corin Shearston shines a light on the work of the Mountains Youth Services Team (MYST), the youth support group changing young lives in the Blue Mountains.
Queer Screen 2021: LGBTQI lives through lenses
The 2021 Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival takes place from 18 February to 14 March and features over 90 films.
Blue Mountains council supports push for gender equity
The Blue Mountains City Council is adopting a landmark gender equity strategy, building on related moves towards equality in Western Sydney and elsewhere.
Drone alone: aerial acrobatics of the ‘Nerdling’
Professional Sydney drone pilot Zephyrin Jaros-Grilli takes time out to talk to the Sentinel about his fascinating day job.
Mask debating is fun, and sometimes I can do it for hours
Guy James Whitworth looks at the trials and tribulations of being a law-abiding citizen amidst anti-masker ‘rebels’.
Understanding Lulu Ilanda and her sonic sorcery
Young singer, songwriter, model and artist Lulu Ilanda takes time out from her life as a creative powerhouse to chat with the Sentinel.
Death clubs and soul speech: the books of Justine Cooke
Young author Justine Cooke has channelled the pain from her medical condition into two new books, which were completed within two months of each other this year.
Foil the ferry fiasco
Geoffrey R Usher reflects on the value of retaining Sydney’s famous Freshwater-class ferries, which the NSW Government wants to scrap.