Tag: Great Britain

PHOTO GALLERY | It was an event not-to-be missed, and Australian Times were definitely there. Check out our photos from the Shepherd’s Bush Walkabout Closing Party.

Every Australian in the UK has a Walkabout memory. Now, as the final closing day of iconic pub Shepherd's Bush Walkabout approaches, we want to create a memory bank to record the friendships formed and loves lost and found within its green and yellow walls. Share with your friends and ...

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. If all roads lead to Rome, then all Tube lines deliver you to Hammersmith. This week MICHAELA GRAY shows you what’s out there once you leave the Underground.

Whether you’re looking to gather and reconnect with old friends, or “sweep away the cobwebs of the week”, Kopapa is the perfect place. Innovative and hearty breakfasts, delicious and energising coffee, and a central yet cosy location.

EXPAT FACTOR | Jeremy Gask is an Australian Racehorse Trainer from South Australia, now based in England with Horses First Racing. Jeremy was a semi-professional footballer and junior state cricketer before embarking on a horse training career. Having trained over 250 winners in Australia, Jeremy has helped create a top ...

Australian tourists were amongst the passengers rescued from a London Duck Tours vessel on the River Thames after it burst into flames.

ROYAL TOUR OF OZ | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have applied for Prince George’s first passport in preparation for their 2014 trip to Australia and New Zealand.

Britain’s opposition leader says the campaign tactics used by John Howard’s former strategist won’t work in the UK because “we are better than that”.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week GEORGIA DAWES explores the weird and wonderful world of Soho, and comes up with a delectable list of her top five favourites.

There are a number of key elements to a positive online shopping experience, including great products, wide range of styles and fashions, value for money and a high level of customer service.

London coffee-shop chain Harris + Hoole seeks to achieve something of a paradox - a mass-produced artesian family-owned coffee-shop offering corporate convenience packaged as an individualised experience. Whether it will prove successful may ultimately depend on one thing - the coffee.

Prince Harry will make his first official visit to Australia in October to attend events marking the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet into Sydney in 1913.

A crowd has gathered outside a London court where Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is scheduled to make a brief appearance over child sex offences.

Popular menswear brand Industrie is opening its first shop outside Australia. Located in Covent Garden, the fashion store will sell a range of modern and masculine clothes and accessories designed for every man.

Iconic Australasian themed pub Shepherd’s Bush Walkabout is set to call last drinks for the final time on 6 October, after the pub’s operator Intertain confirmed the property had been sold for an undisclosed sum.

A plaque stolen from the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park corner in London has been recovered by Metropolitan Police and will be restored in time for Remembrance Day on 11 November.

TNT Multimedia, publisher of TNT Magazine, has been put into administration.

How can you save on what’s effectively your biggest monthly outlay when money’s tight? The easiest way to reduce your rent without moving to the suburbs is to share.

Think you're a good salesperson? Come and prove it! Experienced, bright, friendly and enthusiastic people needed.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | With the UK now the biggest Islamic finance centre in Europe, and Australia looking to enhance its own credentials in this area, Australians in the UK should consider looking at developing skills in this growing sector.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Australian Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week Australian Times Editor ALEX IVETT presents her hood — Newington Green, aka N5.

The grumpy-looking and rarely seen deep-sea blobfish, found off the coast of Australia, has been crowned the world’s ugliest animal in a competition to raise awareness of aesthetically challenged animals facing extinction.

An 80-year-old Australian tourist has had a miraculous escape after falling 30 meters off a cliff path in Cornwall before becoming entangled in brambles.

Advance’s annual search for the best and brightest Australians and Australian university alumni living abroad, including the UK, is now on. Nominate now for the 2014 Advance Global Australian Awards.

Is there anything not to like about Labi? With cosy vibes and heartfelt food, Labi is Fulham's newest culinary oasis.

A British inquest into the death of a nurse who took her own life after receiving a prank call from two Australian radio DJs has been delayed again.

EXPAT FACTOR | Australian singer/songwriter Bowie Jane is a professionally trained lawyer, with a double degree in Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws. For years she lived a double life, practicing criminal law by day before rushing to gigs at night. Bowie Jane now lives in the UK, and ...

A team from Northern Ireland is travelling to Australia to meet with people who suffered abuse in UK institutions before being sent to Australia as children.

Australians and Poms who have family in both the UK and Western Australia are being invited to take part in a major new memories project which links the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Western Australia in Perth.

THE widow of a soldier, Corporal James Dusby, who died whilst on a training exercise in the Brecon Beacons in Wales has been offered care by London Legacy

Southern Cross Austereo will produced phone records suggesting that they attempted to gain permission to air the royal hoax phone call at the inquest into Jacintha Saldanha's death next week.

EXPAT FACTOR | As UK campaign manager for the Australian Greens, Mat Hines has managed to combine his full-time career as a lecturer with his passion for politics. He talks to Australian Times about why it's important for Aussie expats to maintain an interest in politics back home, ahead of ...

Moving to and living in a foreign country is tough enough without having to worry about the weather. It’s essential to have the proper clothing to keep you from getting the rainy day blues.

Beat the Heathrow Injection without a costly gym membership by getting fit for free in London with any of our top ten budget friendly exercise events.

Officers from Operation Yewtree have charged Australian entertainer Rolf Harris with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of producing indecent images of children.

OPINION | Recent comments by Boris Johnson on improving options for Australians to live and work in the UK has struck a chord with many of our readers. NICOLE FULLER argues it's time to look beyond the attention-grabbing headlines and have a serious debate on the difficulties faced by Australians ...

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has called for a bilateral Free Labour Mobility Zone between Australia and the UK to allow citizens of both countries to live and work freely in the other.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | After honing her skills as a commercial graphics and visual effects artist in London, Allison Brownmoore opened boutique Design/VFX studio Blue Spill with her husband Anthony. She talks about the demands of juggling a successful business in the UK and working in feature documentaries.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | 17th of August marked the one year anniversary of our arrival in London. Half of our “tour of duty” is over and I can’t help but feel very sad.

Julian Assange says it has been hard leading the WikiLeaks Party from London, after the resignation of a star candidate.

Australian Chef Scott Hallsworth (ex Nobu and Wabi) is set to open his brand new London venue, Kurobuta, this autumn and requires staff to join the dynamic team.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Cal Viney came to the UK to engage in rigorous academic study in the field of Public Law at LSE. His London experience has led him to ask important questions about the meaning our Australian identity from the perspective of an expatriate. He has co-founded the ...

You can feel it. The sense of anticipation is at fever pitch and the excitement that courses through the bones is palpable. The summer sun might still be lingering, but that is irrelevant. The outside world might as well not exist once the clock strikes three o’clock on a Saturday ...

Ecuador has released a statement on the first anniversary of Julian Assange being granted political asylum saying that it wants to resolve the Australian's diplomatic status.

Are you an Australian expat in the UK who wants to discuss your experiences? A Griffith University business researcher is seeking Aussies who independently relocated to the United Kingdom within the last twelve months to take part in a study into the expatriate experience.

Australian Business is hosting a lunch with cricketing legends Jim Maxwell AM and Merv Hughes at Lord's Cricket Ground on Monday 19 September.

ROYAL TOUR OF OZ | Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge are planning a royal visit to Australia in 2014 with their baby son Prince George.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Sydney raised Jonathan Pfahl is the founder and Managing Director of the Rockstar Group, the UK’s largest entrepreneur and mentoring firm. It’s Rockstar by name and by nature - Jonathan has taken the business world by storm with his professional passion, energetic style and finance acumen.

Lilly Brown has completed a Masters of Philosophy in Politics from Cambridge University, becoming the first indigenous Australian to graduate from Cambridge.

A how-to guide for Australians living in London and the UK on how to enrol, register as an overseas voter or take your name off the election roll. Information on how to vote in the UK for the 2013 Australian federal election, in person at Australia House or by postal ...