Readers of Summer
‘I just finished Box of Clouds. I loved it! Evocative writing that took me right there with Jeff. Congratulations on ...
December Readers
Reading Box of Clouds: Cover Image: Luke packs for the beach Jacqui in Ashgrove, Luke in Sydney, Julie in Bali, ...
It’s Just Not Cricket
Seriously, I felt if I don’t leave Australia soon I may never go again. India was made easier by my ...
Cairo Highway Cafe
The driving sun had passed over the yardarm as we descended Aswan High Dam. Ahead lay Luxor, 241 kilometres north, ...
Behind the Battlements
Rugged stone escarpments soar into blazing skies. Looking up from the foot of the walls is dizzying. Circling the top ...
Statue of Limitations
Deliberately, willfully. I committed an act of art bastardry. Gleefully, shamelessly. On public record denouncing those who desecrate, no cause ...
Cambodia’s Hidden Wonders
Cambodia has put its chequered history behind, proudly stepping forward claiming itself the Kingdom of Wonder. There are several ways ...
Rolling Stock Nth Africa
Locomotives officially opened for public railway use on 27 September 1825. Expanses of previously impassable terrain opened new frontiers beckoning ...
Going Dutch
In Amsterdam, asking “where are the dykes?” is as fraught with danger as asking a black waitress in Mobile Alabama ...
Beauty Under Glass
Through the swirling snowflakes a wan female face peers. Captured inside the glass dome is the world’s most beautiful woman, ...
Streets of Poison
Shadowing the high stone walls Locusta gathers in the woollen folds of her cape, the hood she pulls forward to ...
Dickens of a Time
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the dickens of a time locating ...
Big Things Australia
Road Tripping Australian road users have little to break the monotony on long-haul trips other than counting roadkill and gawking ...
The Jewish Question
Whizzing through an intersection of Phnom Penh in a tuk-tuk early Saturday morning, a man, frantically waving a shawl in ...
All Demos No Roussos
The world is waking up. We have gathered. Frisson, you feel it in the air. Marching footfall loud, defiant, gathering ...
His Left Foot
I am outraged when I hear of wilful destruction of artworks. I rejoice at the discovery of a lost masterpiece ...
Gaudi Not Gaudy
Dour and guarded Antoni Gaudi shunned public life, an aesthete who found inspiration in nature and music. Unlucky in love, ...
Two Fears, One Price
A quick backstory by way of a question. What do the glass elevators travelling outside the Skylon at Niagara Falls, ...