Whether it’s dodging bullets or just navigating Third World transport systems, it takes both art and courage to capture the kinds of images photojournalist David Dare Parker does on a regular basis. He spoke to us about taking photos under pressure, and how you can too.

A trip to the cinema usually feels like either shopping centre hell or a Margaret and David convention. Speakeasy Cinema feels like going to a bar. Maybe because it is.

Australia may just have started to get serious about coffee, but the guys at Mecca Espresso don’t think we’ve discovered the ideal just yet, which is why they keep experimenting. We asked head roaster Tuli Keidar to explain.

There's nothing complex about this pie except the flavour. Sam runs through a simple recipe that looks nice and fancy on a plate. 

Can you imagine Sydney without the Opera House? On its 40th birthday the historic sails have been honoured in a encyclopaedic, mixed-media website.

On a tour of Moo's brewery just before it became operational, head brewer OJ was at his most animated when showing off the waste water treatment system...

Mankind has never been so well-equipped to capture moving images and turn them into 'art' as it is right now. But despite the deluge of video being produced, Australia is without a single video art festival. Until now.

Luke Stockdale is a graphic designer and handyman from Melbourne who is making steel signs in Nashville, Tennessee, as Sideshow Sign Co. 

We recently learnt that a shoemaker is not a cobbler (he's the repair guy) but a cordwainer. In Australia, there are few finer cordwainers than Belmore. We paid a visit to their factory in Sydney's Inner West, which has been making shoes for over 40 years. 

Peter Bignell is one of those men who seems capable of anything. Hand-chiselling an 1820s mill back into working order? Alrighty. Taking all of that rye you were using as a windbreak on your farm and turning it into booze? Most definitely.