MUSIC Swing, Swing, Swing! Hamer Hall September 4, 5 and 6 Clive O'Connell Reviewer

WHAT Pops: Swing! Swing! Swing! WHERE Hamer Hall WHEN Today at 7pm, tomorrow at 2pm COST $125/$45, 1300 136 166, mso.com.au

A Japanese company has unveiled a wearable airbag for the elderly that pops out if they fall. The bag looks like a traveller's waist pouch but inflates in a fraction of a second when sensors detect the wearer has taken a tumble. It protects the back of the head and..read more

This "cute appliance" thing is getting completely out of hand. "On the subject of strange toasters," writes Judy Watman, of Roseville (panda toast, Column 8, last week), "my daughter, who lives in Madrid, was given a Mickey Mouse toaster by her boyfriend. Not only does it cook a Mickey Mouse..read more

PAUL & JOE POPS UP French brand PAUL & JOE popped up, literally, in Toorak Village on Thursday. The pop-up store will be open for one month only, peddling current season stock at up to 50% off, before closing for a facelift. Melbourne designer Mardi Doherty is in charge of..read more