Jane Rocca

Melbourne

Sunday Life Magazine contributor - The Age/Sydney Sun-Herald, Columnist, Fashion & Features Domain Review, Domain Living, music The Age EG, Rolling Stone AUS.

Articles

How a Melbourne cafe inspired journalist and broadcaster Virginia Trioli

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Jane Rocca

A second season of ABC TV’s Creative Types sees host Virginia Trioli sit down with virtuoso violinist Richard Tognetti, Australian fashion designer Jenny Kee and Melbourne legend Kate Ceberano – all who share their personal experiences while Trioli unpicks their artistic minds.
The art of luxury: Behind the homes on reality show Billion Dollar Playground

1 week ago | realestate.com.au | Jane Rocca |Matt Bell
At The Bar with Head Chef Ben Sitton

1 week ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

You’ll find Head Chef Ben Sitton at The Dry Dock Public House and Dining Room in Balmain, Sydney – where a new winter seasonal menu delivers elevated comfort for diners. The Dry Dock Public House draws its inspiration from London’s gastropubs, and with Sitton [ex Felix and Rockpool] at the helm , brings his wealth of experience to the table with some iconic dishes.
Cape Schanck House by Studio Goss blends minimalist architecture with textural warmth on Mornington Peninsula

1 week ago | domain.com.au | Jane Rocca

By Jane RoccaJune 18, 2025Cape Schanck House by Studio Goss brings together minimalist architecture with textural warmth. Situated on a four-acre property on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the breezy, four-bedroom residence, split across two pavilions, is the family home of Nicci Kavals and her business partner/husband Vic Kavals, the duo behind luxury lighting design atelier Articolo Studios. Collaborating with Studio Goss director David Goss was a natural choice for Nicci.
Growing up, he faced poverty and addiction. Now he counts Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan as fans

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Jane Rocca

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Backstage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Billy Strings – the new wonder kid of bluegrass – is about to open an early evening set ahead of his heroes. Growing up, he never thought he’d get out of his midwest Michigan hometown; now at 32, he’s touring the US with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan as part of the Outlaw Festival.
Harry Connick Jnr: ‘I saw a billboard of a Victoria’s Secret model and I married her’

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Jane Rocca

By Jane Rocca June 15, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the June 15 edition of Sunday Life.See all 15 stories. Harry Connick Jr is a musician best known for winning multiple Grammy Awards. Here, the 57-year-old talks about losing his mother at a young age, how he first noticed his future wife, and working with some “amazing” women.
Harry Connick Jr: ‘I saw a billboard of a Victoria’s Secret model and I married her’

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Jane Rocca

Harry Connick Jr is a musician best known for winning Grammy Awards. Here, the 57-year-old talks about losing his mother at a young age, how he first noticed his future wife, and working with some “amazing” women. Harry Connick Jr says he always wanted to be married, as he wanted what his parents had. I lost my mother, Anita Livingston, to ovarian cancer when I was 13. Mom was a bright, “woody” woman – she didn’t really follow the norm. She was sensitive and communicative.
At The Bar with Bottega Head Chef Axel Archenti

2 weeks ago | thewritedrop.com.au | Jane Rocca

At the top end of Bourke St is where you’ll find Bottega Restaurant – a favourite pre-theatre pitstop with a speedy two-course menu that sees you never miss the curtain call, and now, with Rising Festival in town until the end of the week; has curated a new mid-week special that’s ideal when you’re heading out for late night art and live music. Bottega’s Riviera Date Night is running until June 15th, bringing the best of the Italian coast to the heart of Melbourne every Wednesday.
How Sarah Blasko's sound was shaped by Sydney's Newtown in the '90s

2 weeks ago | realcommercial.com.au | Jane Rocca

ARIA Award-winning singer and songwriter Sarah Blasko moved to Newtown in Sydney’s inner west aged in her 20s; it’s the suburb that went on to inspire the songs that made up her third studio album As Day Follows Night released in 2009 and last year’s I Just Need to Conquer This Mountain. It was while walking between Newtown and Darlinghurst on her way to her small office at her manager’s headquarters in the mid 2000s that Blasko had most of the ideas for the songs that make the final cut.
The book that changed me: Hannah Kent, Sarah Wilson, Hilde Hinton and more

4 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Jane Rocca

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