When to drink it? A bottle of 1951 Penfolds Grange Hermitage has sold at auction for an Australian record $142,131. The price broke the previous record of a paltry $103,000. The new owner could take it along to his next barbecue and buy another – there are apparently 35 bottles of that Grange vintage still around.

As with every council election, community interest is gathering pace as polling day nears. What will the council for the next four years look like? There will be at least one new face, with councillor Maxine Booby announcing she will retire from council. And as with every council election, rumours abound about who will stand. All will be revealed when nominations close on Wednesday, August 4.

Cuba has long been one of the last Communist dictatorships, one of those which preaches ‘continuing revolution.’ Now the revolutionaries are revolting. Protests involving tens of thousands have been held across 50 towns. Fortunately, Cuba like every other dictatorship, has a very efficient counter- revolutionary secret police to ensure the status quo, that is the original revolution, is preserved.