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Jay Hanna has worked as a journalist for two decades covering entertainment, culture, news and business.

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Tsukaya in Mount Hawthorn.

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Tsukaya offers elevated Japanese food without fanfare

‘I was a bit worried, given my children were in tow at Tsukaya, that I might have a When Harry Met Sally moment when trying their miso black cod’.

Jay Hanna

STM original team: deputy editor Jan Hallam, editor Dianne Sattler, writer Gail Williams and sub-editor Martin Saxon are pictured at Long Chim.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
The team that launched STM and made it talk of the town

STM’s founding editor, Dianne Sattler, is a reluctant interviewee, much like the doctor who makes a poor patient. But she agrees to talk about the magazine’s launch if she is reunited with her original team.

Jay Hanna

Offering help is not overstepping the mark.

Anxiety Aunt PremiumIs offering help a neighbourhood no-no?

Being there for one another, offering assistance where it is needed and small shows of support, are exactly what we need more of in this world.

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt

Anxiety AuntPremiumHow do you unlearn something about a friend?

What do you do when a friend has overshared and now you just can’t block it out?

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Is it worth risking a blood relationship for the possibility of love?

Anxiety Aunt PremiumIs it worth ruining a blood relationship for love?

Loyalty is a wonderful character trait. But it should also be a two-way street.

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

It is best to come to an agreement over your kitty

Anxiety AuntPremiumAvoid fur flying over cat ownership

‘Is possession really nine tenths of the law? Or is that just something that gets spouted in courtrooms in TV legal dramas? One truly hasn’t the foggiest to be honest.’

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Marriage is a long road, and sometimes we long for twists, turns or interesting detours.

Anxiety Aunt PremiumWhen marriage seems like a long road leading nowhere

‘Don’t sit and ignore how you feel. Start a conversation about what is happening and what you want or are willing to do about it.’

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

What’s wrong with being friends with someone who wants to win all the time?

Anxiety Aunt PremiumHow to handle an overly competitive friend

‘While you might see it as a pain in your backside to be friends with someone like that. You don’t know how annoying it is being that person and having to always perform at your best.’

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have called it quits after 19 years of marriage.

EntertainmentCommentsPremiumShock as Kidman and Urban split despite fight to save union

It’s the celebrity split no one saw coming with Australia’s most famous glamour couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban calling it quits after 19 years of marriage. 

Jay Hanna

A chef prepares food at Korean restaurant Seoul Hoppers in Leederville on Monday. Carwyn Monck

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Korean newcomer hits the mark

‘Spring was in the air and my husband and I were chugging back Korean lagers and debating whether the delicious umami-flavour bombs in front of us could be one of the world’s greatest beer snacks.’

Jay Hanna

Beat an office flirt at their own game.

Anxiety AuntPremiumHelp! I’ve been left red-faced by a colleague’s flirting

A word of warning, though: men tend to find that sexy so don’t be surprised if your colleague isn’t the only one flirting with you in a few weeks time.

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

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Anxiety Aunt PremiumHelp! My kids don’t like my partner

‘This repeated pattern of casting you aside then bringing you back is not very healthy and your children are likely concerned that if something better were to come along, it might happen again’

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna