Author Archives: Luke Thornton
Dads Who Draw
My Dad has a great sense of humour and rarely acts his age (he’s 63). He loves football, which is something neither my brother nor I have taken to our hearts. Possibly due to being dragged along to watch him play…
A chat with Andrea Horwood, co-founder of WelleCo.
Our aim was to create the world’s best wholefood and organic supplements that make us and our customers feel transformed. Our high-grade food supplements are the modern upgrade to traditional synthetic vitamins.
THE KITCHEN IN 1970 – AN ESSAY BY HELEN RAZER
A few months before my partner’s mum Joan turned seventy, she’d been asking questions about the internet. “So, you can really talk to your relatives overseas instantly for nothing?” Or, “You can really see pictures of how fat your school friends got?”
EASY PEAZY CHOCNUT BUTTER
The only problem with this recipe is you will want to eat the entire thing in one sitting. With that in mind, maybe double it.
Interview with Erika Olson Gross, Founder of Mini Pomme
I went to school for painting and drawing, and focused exclusively on fine art pursuits until my first son was born almost ten years ago. While I continued drawing and painting and showing my work, I became interested in the idea of integrating my lifelong love of sewing and toys.
A chat with Joey, one half of Doña Cholita
Since Jefte and I met we’ve always talked about starting a business. Over the years we’ve talked through a million ideas, but we always came back to Mexican food!
The Safe Cake.
For when you need a gluten, dairy, nut free birthday cake solution that still tastes ace.
Chat with Justine Flynn, co-founder of world changing brand Thankyou.
We were uni students with no money or experience behind us but our life’s journey brought to us a moment where we were confronted by two crazy extremes – in Australia we were spending $600 million a year on bottled water, yet at the same time, 900 million people (now 663 million) didn’t have access to safe water.
Naomi Lazzaro from Pureharvest gives us the low-down on her family’s pioneering organic health-food company
Pureharvest started in the 70’s from a strong passion to share good quality natural health food with people. At the very beginning we were a small independent health food store in Prahran, Melbourne
Interview with Andy Walker, Musician and creator of kids’ rock’n’roll band Bunny Racket
I’m a child of the ’70s. Brought up on a diet of Kiss, Ramones, The Muppets and Saturday morning cartoons. Rock’n’roll has been pulsing through my veins since a very young age, and the pulse only seems to get stronger as the years go by.
Reducing single-use plastic : A chat with Sherrie Adams from HoneyBee Wraps
Having 5 children, I was constantly looking for ways to reduce waste in our household, while also looking for a solution to keep our home-grown food fresh for longer. Honeybee Wraps was an answer to both these problems
Interview with Cathy Olmedillas, founder of Anorak Magazine
I started it ten years ago in 2006. I had been working in the world of independent magazine publishing, but took a break in 2002 to have my son, Oscar.