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Words by Kate Streader Cherry Bar owner James Young has been shortlisted to lead the Night-time Economy Advisory Committee. A group of experts across Melbourne’s hospitality, live music and arts industries have been nominated to form a Night-time Economy Advisory Committee which will work with City of Melbourne to reinvigorate the city after the devastation of COVID-19. Cherry Bar’s James Young, who also owns Yah Yah’s and Hotel Westwood, has been shortlisted to lead the committee, which will comprise industry leaders and two academic advisors. Thirteen potential members have been short...

Signorelli's beautiful, terrifying frescoes in Orvieto 18 Jan, 2021 By Martin Bennett As a prelude to visiting the Sistine Chapel, one could take the train to Orvieto, an hour north of Rome, and view the frescoes which inspired Michelangelo’s Last Judgement. On arrival at Orvieto station, the train prompts the reaction, ‘But where is it?’ Until a look upward reveals the town’s older part perched on a beetling crag. A small funicular railway transports you past vineyards famous for its classic Orvieto wine; "all Italy in a bottle" goes a phrase. At the top of t...