Jun 12, 2026 – 9.00amCatharine Lumby is already seated when I arrive for lunch, laughing gaily with the waiter in the corner of Woollahra’s Bistro Moncur.She has been here often and is soon regaling me with tales of journalism’s long lunch days. This was a favourite haunt, and it pays homage to that heritage in a striking black and white wall mural drawn by former Australian Financial Review cartoonist Michael Fitzjames.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Myriam RobinSenior writerMyriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.Fetching latest articles