Lawrence Money
Lawrence Money, one of Australia’s most experienced journalists, has twice been voted Victoria’s best newspaper columnist by the Melbourne Press Club. He has written four books, invented a best-selling board game and treads the professional speaking circuit with the Saxton agency. His Money’s Melbourne column profiles the famous, the outlandish and the quiet achievers of Melbourne.
My Nine Lives
The good life at last
Lawrence Money At 13, she was sent out for dinner with a sex predator. When she told her mum, the response stunned her.
Rivals keep mag war dramas alive
Lawrence Money Nene King says it is a beat-up and that she needed a stiff drink after watching a preview. Her best friend Val Hopwood burst into tears after the screening.
No longer upbeat about beat-ups
Lawrence Money Nene King says it is a beat-up and that she needed a stiff drink after watching a preview.
Lunch with Dulcie Boling
Lawrence Money Dulcie Boling, feminist and trailblazing magazine editor, laments the state of the publishing game.
Blinkmanship pays off for TV dream team
Lawrence Money The good news is that Barbara ''I Dream of Jeannie'' Eden's little piece of Australia - a 10-year-old Melbourne-born labradoodle called Djin Djin - is still going strong.
Have you heard the one about the comedian who didn't swear?
Lawrence Money The first laugh Charlie Pickering got at the Quill awards was when he dropped the F-bomb.
Lunch with John Newman
Lawrence Money John Newman is a theatre veteran who, despite mourning his beloved Tikki, will keep the show going.
Lunch with Derryn Hinch
Lawrence Money Derryn Hinch stared death - and his stupidity - in the face, and is embracing the rollercoaster that is life.
The critics panned it, but seniors do want More Sex
Lawrence Money John-Michael Howson launches a few missiles at critics who mauled his latest show.
Side by side by accident, Sondheim is still putting it together to make music
Lawrence Money Prolific composer Stephen Sondheim is in town to see a show, and enjoy an afternoon with a bit of music, all his own work.
Life after Vlado
Lawrence Money MELBOURNE WAS HOSTING the Olympic Games the year that the city's future baron of beef, Vlado Gregurek, escaped from communist-controlled Croatia and fled to Paris.
Artist's pad has had brush with a colourful past, but it's time to shed a tear and move on
Lawrence Money The 130-year-old tin shed that artist Murray Walker calls home sits on its own suburban island in North Fitzroy.
Menu of city's gastronomic past
Lawrence Money Food critic Rita Erlich's labour of love is now a book, Melbourne By Menu.
Culinary king conquers all in Vue
Lawrence Money What's next for the restless mastermind of the Vue de Monde empire, chef Shannon Bennett?
Opera-tunity knocks for the talented
Lawrence Money Suzanne Johnston, who marvels at her own career, now judges aspiring singers.
King of radio adds US president to his CV
Lawrence Money It's a miracle, really, that this interview with Alan Jones appears at all - especially in The Age. 'Your paper has not said a good thing about me in 20 years!'
Slow return to showbiz after ladder fall
Lawrence Money Like Molly Meldrum, comedian John Canavan took a tumble before Christmas and ended up in the same hospital.
Theatre
Showbiz star still full of pizazz
Lawrence Money Toni Lamond's life-long association with and love of the theatre continues.
Two Cowardly acts pay tribute to a wit
Lawrence Money Entertainers Hilary Henshaw and Tim Mckew re-create the master of one-liners in new stage shows.
Best and worst of times in a bleak house
Lawrence Money Barry Dickins is writing again and reviving tales of his childhood.
