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News You Can Use: Eight Things That Happened in Sydney This Week

Here's all of the restaurant openings, tour announcements and city news that caught our attention over the last seven days.
By Sarah Ward
March 01, 2024
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  • Arts & Entertainment

    Calling All 'Normal People' Obsessives: Sally Rooney's New Book 'Intermezzo' Will Hit Shelves This Spring

    You'll be able to read the acclaimed Irish author's fourth novel, which focuses on two grieving brothers, in September.

  • Food & Drink

    Inner-City Italian Diner Secolo Has Reopened as a Pop-Up at The Exchange Hotel in Balmain

    Secolo is back to revive the Fabbrica Balmain space for a little while before The Exchange Hotel gets a makeover.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Manchester's Rave Scene Is Heading Down Under: The Warehouse Project Has Announced Its First Australian Dates

    The British city's famous club night will make its Aussie debut in Sydney and Melbourne over one huge weekend, with Bonobo and Mall Grab headlining.

  • Food & Drink

    Matkim Is the Tiny Korean Omakase Restaurant Now Open in Circular Quay's Sydney Place

    This intimate dining experience serves inventive and artistic Korean dishes to just eight people each night.

  • Food & Drink

    Cheese Alert: Australian Dairy Festival Mould and Its All-Inclusive Tastings Are Returning for 2024

    More than 100 varieties of cheese will be on offer when this all-you-can-sample dairy festival starts touring the country from May.

  • Food & Drink

    Manly's New Small Bar Henry G's Is Here to Level Up the Northern Beaches' Wine and Snack Game

    The team behind Donny's Bar has opened a cosy new venue specialising in vino, pintxos and tinned fish.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    'Not on Your Rider' Is Back for 2024 with Another Round of 'Spicks and Specks'-Style IRL Music Game Shows

    Don't just play music game shows at home — join Aimon Clark, Patience Hodgson and Jeremy Neale for this regular live version.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Paddington's Verona Is Being Redeveloped Into Eight Levels of Offices and Shops with a Basement Cinema and Rooftop Bar

    Here's what's in store for the Oxford Street site now that Palace's picture palace has left the building.

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