I love New York and I can’t believe it was almost a decade ago that I was last there. I spent a Christmas in New York and it snowed – it was wonderful. There are so many things to see and do in New York, you could spend months discovering them all. Me, I’ve always […]
My hair has been high maintenance as long as I can remember. Born with dark, curly/frizzy fine hair but heaps of it, in a tropical location gravity loses badly to the atmospheric humidity that turns it into an afro – which looks quite bizarre with my very fair skin. Luckily, over the years, technology has […]
There’s usually a time, late in Christmas holidays spent at home in Sydney, when we try to get away for a few days. In recent years it’s been a shopping trip to Melbourne or a beach holiday on the Gold Coast. It’s always difficult because, being the school holidays, our last-minute booking means the more […]
Disclaimer: I am no fan of anything remotely to do with Donald Trump. I find him, his style, his morals…repugnant. Donald Trump: I find him, his style, his morals…repugnant…[But] However, does that mean that I should be able to, or am entitled to silence the elected President of the United States of America? Does Mark […]
I recently revisited this article that I wrote for the magazine Mailife back in 2017 (reproduced hereunder). It coincided with the publication of my book Redeeming Moti and its launch in Suva. In particular, I could only note with sadness the irony of some of my words, especially considering Julian’s sudden death just three years […]
A harbourside seat. It’s midnight. To all my readers: a very happy new year.