– With Dr Susan Merrell
As I prepare to sit and write this article, beside me is an ice-cold glass of white wine – purely for inspiration (as well as sipping.) This is not any glass of wine, but quite possibly one of the finest white wines (if not the finest) I’ve ever tasted, and the grape variety is Marsanne […]
Before I left Australia, there had been rumblings of discontent in the media about how Qantas was emerging from the Covid crisis … It had been a long time between drinks (so to speak) by the time I boarded the plane from Sydney to London aboard a Qantas Dreamliner. Covid had kept me grounded in […]
We arrived at Bannisters, Port Stephens, the location of international chef and raconteur, Rick Stein’s, newest Australian venture after a rainy three-hour drive from Sydney. Beautiful Soldier’s Point, where the hotel sits, is a stunning location just footsteps from the waters and beaches of Port Stephens: the venue bills itself as “Barefoot Luxury.” Rick Stein […]
As a journalist, I’ve learnt to guard against stereotyping. So on arrival in New York (my first time there) I had not given a thought to the loud, brash New Yorker of legend. I wasn’t expecting to encounter clones of Eddie Murphy, Sylvester Stallone or Jerry Seinfield. Yet, they were all there, en masse. New […]
Sur le pont, d’Avignon,L’on y danser, l’on y danser.Sur le pont d’Avignon,L’on y danser, tout en rond. When one hears the word ‘Avignon’ the folk song Sur le pont d’Avignon would spring immediately to most people’s minds – sometimes it’ll be the only thing – but Avignon is so much more than this song. Avignon […]
