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Old School Cool: Inside Miss Midgley’s Heritage Hotel
Fancy a getaway in a heritage building that was once a hospital, an orphanage AND a school in a previous life? Despite what your initial answer may be, it will quickly become a resounding ‘yes please!’ when it comes to Miss Midgley’s. One of Brisbane/Meanjin’s best-kept secrets, in the highly sought after inner-city suburb of…
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Creativity and Culture: Museum of Brisbane’s Walking Art Tour
Time-travelling lungfish floating in a mosaic of glass tiles, a four-breasted female empowerment goddess cast in bronze, and a striking botanical sculpture spanning 15 metres, showcasing the cultural misrepresentation of Aboriginal people… These are just a few of the art installations that can be sighted on the Museum of Brisbane’s Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Precinct Public…
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Peppermint Sewing Patterns: Some Important News
Hi sewing friends! We have some important news to share. As you know, we’ve been offering most of our patterns for free for many years now. While we wish we could continue to do so, the reality is, it’s come at a significant cost to the business and it’s now reached a point where it’s…
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Belle Gibson: A Spoonful of Vinegar
Accountability can be uncomfortable. But I can tell you what feels worse – living with an apology you’ve held onto for over a decade. Watching Apple Cider Vinegar starring Kaitlyn Dever on Netflix this past week has brought up a cascade of emotions. The new series follows the story of Belle Gibson – the woman…
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Give Yourself A Break: Why Doing Our Best Can Look Different Every Day
Here’s a question for you: do you think, in general, that people are doing the best they can? When academic and author Brené Brown was posed this question by her own therapist, her response was, “Are you kidding me?” When I initially read this in Brené’s book, Rising Strong, I had a similar reaction. Surely…
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Ch-ch-changes Coming To Peppermint!
Hi friends! We have some important changes we’d like to let you know about. We’ve been considering a different approach for quite some time – an even more thoughtful and considered offering – and so after much discussion we’ve decided to trial a transition from quarterly to bi-annual magazine releases. It was a difficult decision…
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Letter from the Editor-In-Chief: 2022, So Long, Farewell, Goodbye…
Hey friends, are we there yet? This year, for me, has felt a little like a slow crawl to an ever-distant finish line. But now I’m suddenly staring down the barrel of shopaholic Santa and, despite my disdain for certain elements of the silly season, I have to admit I have a sleigh-shaped space reserved…
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Jack Johnson Wants You to BYOBottle
Jack Johnson – famed not just for his much-loved music but for his tireless environmental campaigning – is spearheading a new initiative to reduce single use plastic bottles at concerts and festivals. Launched at Byron Bay’s Bluesfest over the Easter weekend and supported by marine conservation charity Tangaroa Blue and water refill stations We-Refill, the international…
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Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
Culture, connection, community and country – while the artistic mediums and diversity of style at the recent Cairns Indigenous Art Fair were wildly varied and sometimes surprising, the stories and subjects threaded through the works were often similar. The theme of this year’s CIAF was ‘Cultural Bliss: An Artistic Response To Happiness’, where artists were…
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WOMADelaide 2013
Founded by musician Peter Gabriel in 1982, WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) is well-known around the globe for bringing together festival-goers in a fusion of cultural, environmental and artistic harmony. “The festivals have always been wonderful and unique occasions and have succeeded in introducing an international audience to many talented artists,” Peter says….
