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I am a game and quiz show lover from way back, and I was so excited to hear that one of my favourites, The Weakest Link, is returning to screens very soon. There’s something to be said for the comfort of a known quantity, and Weakest Link delivers that in spades. This week, we chat with Magda Szubanski, a comedy legend and the host of the new version. She’s planning to bring a dash of comedy to the role, which sounds similar to the US reboot, where actor Jane Lynch took over the role. Note to TV programmers: Wheel of Fortune and Sale of the Century next, please! ●
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A step forward At 80 Collins, Melbourne’s opulent past meets modern designer style. Wo r d s
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he Paris end of Collins Street, known for its heritage buildings, luxury boutiques and dining, now has a new precinct where late-night bar-hopping, high-end retail and spontaneous good times give us reason to look up and smile. At 80 Collins you’ll find luxury jewellery and eyewear designer Senir Besim, sustainable shoe label Feit, and the flagship stores of Golden Goose and Saint Laurent – the label’s first in Australia. It’s also the home of Chris Lucas’ two soon-to-open restaurants Yakimono and Society, where Farmer’s Daughter has neatly settled in and where our city’s first cellar door – Handpicked Wines – has arrived. According to Woods Bagot principal architect Peter Miglis, 80 Collins is about embracing the existing streetscape and adding pavilion-like entry points that work as a homage to the prized corner. Elements woven into the architecture include the 1800s street lamps, which inspired the faceted glass in the new South Tower. About 20 retail and dining experiences are coming. Many are now open, including Next Hotel, which has a discreet entry on Little Collins Street and where artisanal retail is the point of difference. Senir Besim’s elegant and minimalist store is all about quality jewellery inspired by Ottoman architecture. “I see my designs as artworks that exist outside the seasonality of fashion but enhance a fashionable wardrobe,” he says. A charming nod to a bygone era in murder mystery style is present at Nick & Nora’s bar. This is where you’re encouraged to pull up a stool or book a booth and step back into a 1930s speakeasy. It’s all dark timber and velvet from the team behind city cocktail bar Eau de Vie. The venue is inspired by fictional couple Nick and Nora Charles, who appear in the comedy-mystery 1930s novel The Thin Man. The menu is sorted into flavour profiles based on characters, from the Glamour Girls to the Hollywood Detective.
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The Golden Goose store on Collins Street embraces the history of Le Louvre.
Aussie brothers Tull and Josh Price bring their luxury footwear from NYC to the precinct. Feit is all about sustainable handmade shoes. “A bricks and mortar store is the best way for us to wholly express what we do,” says Josh. “All our products are entirely hand-made using the best natural materials available and this is best experienced in a physical store. Italian designer-sneaker powerhouse Golden Goose takes over the former Le Louvre space with the introduction of a retail LAB offering. “From the very beginning we embraced the idea of taking over a location so rich in history, such as the iconic Le Louvre,” says Golden Goose Asia Pacific chief executive Mauro Maggioni, who comes to the house after seven years at Zegna. ●
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agda Szubanski is known for making us laugh – not least as Mrs Hoggett in the movie Babe, or the legendary sportloving Sharon Strzelecki in Kath & Kim, with an Australia Post stamp to prove it – and the cheekiness continues in her new role as a quiz show host in a reboot of The Weakest Link. “It’s like a quiz show combined with Survivor,” says Szubanski, already two weeks into filming the 10-episode season, which airs soon on Nine. “I’ll be giving it a cheeky stir as the host, and it’s really the gamesmanship that makes it fun. And who doesn’t love a general-knowledge quiz show; you can never have enough of it. “I love that the show is made in Melbourne, and I have a regular routine again.” Born in Liverpool, Britain, Szubanski migrated to Australia as a five-year-old with her Polish-Scottish parents and two siblings, arriving in Bayswater in 1965 during a stinking summer heatwave that she still remembers. “Melbourne is where I have my deep roots,” the 60-year-old says. “Being dislocated when I was five meant that a part of me never wants to establish a new life anywhere else. This is really home. “Close family friends I have known since I was five and 10 years old are still in my world, and I love that connection.” Szubanski might be one of Australia’s more successful comedians, showing us her funny side since the ’80s, but away from the gags exists a quiet and shy human. Her 2015 book, Reckoning, is proof of just that, articulating her experience of intergenerational trauma, coming out as a lesbian and accepting herself after years of therapy. She doesn’t shy from showing her feelings in public, either: she was brought to tears in an interview with Andrew Denton in 2018 when speaking of the loss of her mother, while a Wheeler Centre talk saw her speak candidly about weight issues, identity, her father’s past as a protector of Jews and assassin in World War II and finding a way to accept herself despite the internal and external criticism that came her way. “I was one of the fortunate people who could have that conversation with my father about the war and write about it,” Szubanski says. “I love writing, and my mum and dad were great storytellers and really funny. I guess it’s just me carrying on that tradition, really.” Her comedy footprint began in the mid’80s with The D Generation. Success continued through the 1990s on Fast Forward and Big Girl’s Blouse, with many of those sketches still found on YouTube. These days you’ll find her writing children’s books (Timmy the Ticked Off
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LAUGHTER Australian icon Magda Szubanski brings a dose of cheekiness to her new role as host of quiz show The Weakest Link. Wo r d s
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Pony), on Twitter in the name of a good cause, crowdfunding for bushfire victims, teaming with “Egg Boy” Will Connolly to launch Regeneration: Creative Arts for Mental Health and Wellbeing, and preferring to keep her charity work under the radar. “I have always been a doer,” says Szubanski. “When I was in grade five, I started a school newspaper and wrote my own plays. I have always been a self-starter. I don’t wait for someone to offer me a job; I go out and start something myself. I work with friends to create something. But that’s one side of me. “The other thing that is important to me is trying to do my bit for the community in any way I can. It’s a strong impulse I have and something I care for
deeply. I really like people, but many celebrities have a social conscience – just look at the Carrie Bickmores of the world; there are many who do great stuff.” When COVID-19 hit, Szubanski found herself unable to go back to New Zealand to continue filming on the hit comedy series Educators with director Jackie van Beek (from The Breaker Upperers). The scenes she had filmed prior to border closures couldn’t be used, but while she couldn’t travel, Szubanski took care of herself in other ways. “I spent more time looking after myself a bit better by doing more meditation,” she says. “It made me reflect and tend to my old trauma wounds a bit better. Slowing down will do that. I was also deep in
“Who doesn’t love a general-knowledge quiz show; you can never have enough of it. I love that the show is made in Melbourne.”
a writing phase with children’s books, so it worked out for me in that way.” Szubanski says she’s often stopped in the street by her fans – with many keen to talk about Kath & Kim, which she stopped filming in 2007. The character of Sharon re-emerged last year in state government TV commercials urging Victorians to mask-up during lockdown and reminding us of her hilarious take on sporting fanaticism. “That show just won’t die. You couldn’t kill it if you tried,” Szubanski says. “A whole new generation is discovering it again. Parents put their kids on it, and the cycle goes on. I had a lady come up to me recently who went through years of chemotherapy and whose boyfriend gave her Kath & Kim DVDs to make her laugh; so I guess it really is true that laughter is the best medicine.” ● THE WEAKEST LINK \ Premieres Tuesday, May 4 on Nine.
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f you frequent Melbourne's wonderful wine bars – think Etta, Embla, Marion, Congress and Carlton Wine Room – Gray and Gray Bread and Wine (GGBW) is a revelation. While others serve produce-driven, mod Euro-Australian cuisine, GGBW plates Georgian-Russian nosh. It's an early call, but it's a contender for my favourite meal of 2021. The name comes from the former tenant, a legal firm established in the 1930s. The original gold leaf sign remains, and the office-y vertical blinds are a nice touch. GGBW is dimly lit and romantic, but light streams from the pass where Boris Portnoy, previously a three-Michelin-star pastry chef,
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fermented, beet-stained dill cucumbers and Georgian pickled green tomatoes. Mackerel replaces herring in a pickled fish dish called selyodka. Grilled ox tongue is skewered with buzhenina (Russian roast pork) on tart blood-plum sauce. Boris shares vegetables from his garden and house-made cheese. Three kitchen timers are set to 45 minutes, 90 minutes and three hours to keep on top of prep. The main event is coulibiac, a puff-pastry salmon pie bursting with buckwheat, mushrooms, spinach and a hard-boiled egg that takes three days to make. To finish, All Are Welcome's medovik is 10 layers of Tasmanian leatherwood honey-biscuit decadence alternating with dulce de leche Swiss buttercream. Makovy, a poppy seed-fig torte, sends you over the edge in the best way. Co-owner and winemaker Mitch Sokolin looks after the drinks department. Try Georgian wine and uncommon bottles from Europe, then continue your education with a bottle from the small retail section on the way out. ●
What’s nearby? Cross the road and walk 120 metres to Irish whiskey bar and bookshop Buck Mulligan’s. It has Melbourne’s largest selection of Irish whiskey with live music and tastings. Sit at the bar, in a cosy nook or in the courtyard as you browse Irish literature and snack on black pudding and pork pies.
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9 Edlington Street Hawthorn Peacefully & privately tucked away in an exclusive cul-de-sac, the extra-wide arched fretwork façade of this residence reflects its impressively proportioned interior & north-facing rear entertaining oasis with remote-control double garage. An extremely rare discovery so close to Auburn Village, this home offers 2 ultra-spacious bedrooms, inviting sitting room (gas FP), open-plan study/office with desk, bright central bathroom, laundry, vast living & dining room & large granite kitchen with Smeg range cooker.
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