Lifestyle & Culture
Welcome to Flickspin's Lifestyle & Culture section. From restaurant and cafe reviews to winery tours and globetrotting travel, we're covering the finer things in life, the places you want to visit and eat if you have a spare five minutes (or five months!)
Been to a great cafe recently? Visited a terrible tourist trap? Let the rest of our community and the world know by reviewing your favourite (or least favourite) places, events, and restaurants right here at Flickspin.
Latest Articles
Clementine EP by Washington
JULIE CHRISTINE
Though it's not latest offering from Australia's Washington, the Clementine EP is five tracks full of sweet melodies and honest lyrics and it was and is an accurate indicator of the good things to come from the band.
Phoenix Plays Sold Out Show in Vancouver
JULIE CHRISTINE
At the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, during one of the greatest encores I've ever seen, the French band Phoenix played their smash hit 1901 to a crowd and stage full of energized fans.
Forgotten Australians are Now Remembered Australians
BARBARA LANE
In the Northern Rivers, some who were previously called Forgotten Australians are Now-Remembered Australians!
Qld to Apologise to State Wards in Adult Mental Health
BARBARA LANE
Children under state care orders who were inappropriately placed in adult mental health facilities in Queensland during the last century will finally receive the apology they have lobbied for.
Master of the Art
JULIE CHRISTINE
Amy Millan, of Stars and Broken Social Scene, has compiled eleven charming songs for her second solo effort, Masters of the Burial.
Latest Blog Posts
The screamer
SAIDEE BROWN
If we pay attention there are pieces of ourselves represented in the people we encounter throughout our communities. This is a homage to the screamer and how she is my scream too.
Latest Fact Files
Hula Hoop Australia
BAY OLIVER
Can't find a website selling Australian Hula Hoops online? Well, there's a good reason for that...
10 Places to Chow Down in Kitsilano, Vancouver
JESSICA ROBERTS
Where to fend of those hunger pangs or coffee cravings in Kitsilano, Vancouver
10 Things to do in Vancouver on a Rainy Weekend
JESSICA ROBERTS
What to do when the weather has turned grey and rainy.