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Renate Howe

Trendyville: The Battle for Australia's inner cities by Renate Howe, David Nichols, and Graeme Davison

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June-July 2015, no. 372
Frank Bongiorno reviews 'Trendyville' by Renate Howe, David Nichols, and Graeme Davison

In the Melbourne suburb where I spent my childhood, a café was a place where ethnic men played cards and backgammon, puffed on cigarettes, and looked up from time to time to watch through the window the passing parade on the footpath outside. Now, when I return to Northcote, I am often served in hip cafés by boyish men with Ned Kelly beards and stylishly informal ...

The Master: The life and work of Edward H. Sugden edited by Renate Howe

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September 2010, no. 324
John Rickard reviews 'The Master: The life and work of Edward H. Sugden' edited by Renate Howe

Edward Sugden was the first master of Melbourne University’s Queen’s College, a position he held for forty years. One needs to provide this identification, because although in his day Sugden was regarded as one of Melbourne’s best-known citizens, his is one of those names that has dropped from view. Along with his contemporaries Alexander Leeper of Trinity College and John MacFarland of Ormond, he contributed to what Wilfrid Prest calls ‘the golden age’ of Melbourne University’s colleges.

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