Barry Humphries News

The Profumo affair had it all - sex, glamour, high society and 'low morals' - and it struck at the heart of the UK's political establishment.

It is one of the city's best-kept secrets, an astonishing archive including Kylie Minogue's hot pants, Nick Cave's notebooks, Rod Quantock's rubber chicken and Dame Edna's most outlandish frocks.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra takes a walk through the Weimar Republic with a couple of sensationally sassy guides - cabaret star Meow Meow and the incomparable Barry Humphries.

Remember how once upon a time shoes were small, discreet, mostly black and plain? Well, sunglasses were once that way, too.

While Dame Edna Everage was in Perth recently as part of the gladdie-waving gigastar's farewell tour, Eat Pray Laugh, her alter ego and estranged manager Barry Humphries was busy frying other fish.