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The Globe Dye Works wedding of Polka Dot Events’ Allie Beik took place in the fall and had a drag performer and yellow-infused color scheme.

James Merlino leaves cabinet, to retire at state election; Health Minister Martin Foley, Tourism Minister Martin Pakula, Police Minister Lisa Neville also calling it quits. Follow updates here.

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The entrance to Primrose Hill park will be guarded on New Year's Eve this year, December 31 2021

One evening last week, Catherine Usiskin set off as usual to take her two dogs out for a night-time walk on Primrose Hill, a park in north London she has lived beside for 40 years. But she found the park closed. Instead, she had to walk around its perimeter. “We weren’t told, there were no notices, all of a sudden I’m locked out of the park with no idea,” says the 70-year-old

Chantelle Billson One of the new bins in Primrose Hill - Credit: Frances Turner Gigantic litter bins placed throughout Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park have attracted criticism from some park users.  The Royal Parks introduced the new bins as it said the old 100-litre bins were no longer fit to combat the rise in littering over lockdown.  The new bins provide a greater capacity and aim to minimise vehicle movements.  Nick Biddle, Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill manager said the bins mean...

Using super for aged care would leave 350,000 without comfortable retirement: Industry Super We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Using superannuation to pay for aged care could leave 350,000 young workers unable to retire comfortably, with the nation’s biggest super lobby group warning against tapping the $3 trillion sector in the upcoming federal budget. Lobby group Industry Super Australia estimates about 4 per...

Hometown drag queen Biddy Bee goes virtual to practice her art — and winds up raising money for good causes Rita Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TOM GRALISH/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Nick Biddle arrives by bike prior to showtime at the Rittenhouse home of Patti and Dave Beik, parents his co-host Allie Beik. He begins his makeup at home, then finishes his transformation to drag queen Biddy Bee in the Beiks living room. “M’wah! Oh, hellllOOOOOO, bergers! Oh, yAA...

In “The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship,” Deborah Willis discusses the yearning to fight, to have full citizenship, and far more.

How Black soldiers helped end the US Civil War Jacqueline Cutler, New York Daily News © NYU Press/TNS "The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship" by Deborah Willis; NYU Press. “The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship” by Deborah Willis; NYU Press (256 pages, $35) ——— It wasn’t just a war for freedom. It was a war for the future. Black soldiers during the Civil War weren’t just fighting for themsel...