– With Dr Susan Merrell
It was around seven years ago that I first discovered Arles. I was on a train from the Languedoc in south west France to the Cote D’Azur (The Riviera) in the south east to meet my brother at Cannes, where the annual film festival was in progress. One of the stops along the way – […]
Some people consider that a hotel is just somewhere to sleep and if it’s clean and the bed’s OK, then it’s OK – I’m not one of those. I’ve never been too good at roughing it for the sake of frugality alone. Having said that, I also have champagne taste on a beer budget…well… not […]
…concurrent events such as retirement, redundancy, menopause and death can exacerbate the problem. Sure, but so could dropping the iron on your foot. As the year draws to a close and many sons and daughters complete their education and get ready to fly the nest, mothers may be wondering “what now?” – or maybe they […]
This is the story as told to me by Julian Moti and as I experienced it. Dr Susan Merrell is a political commentator/journalist with 11 years experience commenting on politics in the Pacific. Her no-holds-barred commentaries and political analysis have enlivened the political debate in Melanesia in a context where politicians are rarely held to account […]
Summer in Provence means lavender – fields and fields of breathtaking swathes of mauve flowers waving in the summer breeze to the seasonal music of Provence – cicadas (or ‘cigales’ as they’re known in France.) Lavender flowers bloom in Provence during high summer – bursting into life anytime between June and August depending on weather […]
