MARK Donaldson never dared to dream he would one day be the boy from the Australian bush who went to England to meet the Queen.

Muscling up to Telstra is a much-needed victory of substance over spin.

SUMMER HILL 6 HENSON STREET $1.9 million+

WHAT Quartet: The Razor WHERE J-Studios, Drama Studio, 100 Barkly Street, North Fitzroy WHEN Today and tomorrow at 7.30pm COST $25/$15, 9639 0096, www.easytix.com.au

AS A longevity expert, Dr John Tickell thinks in the long term. He and his wife, Sue, have lived for 30 years at 53-55 Wills Street, Kew, and raised five children there. The plan was to stay until the youngest finished school, then downsize.