Tom’s in town and speed’s hit the fan
It’s all go here in Dubai. Time Out Dubai was gossiping about him only last week, then suddenly, the front page of the Khaleej Times is splashed with Tom Cruise […]
NOTEBOOK
Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Travelling 14 hours just for you, Bryan Adams
Straight off the plane and into the rooftop pool… It took four people to get me off the aircraft and to the hotel: the woman to meet me and take […]
Carpets, gold and pink champagne: Dubai, I’m coming…
Melbourne’s Emirates airline lounge is a sea of caramel leather, with bottles of pink Moet on the buffet, alongside bottles of pink Verve, if you’re a champagne snob. The dates […]
The recipe for world peace? Choux pastry and mangoes
“Hip Brisbane?” said a friend who’d grown up in Brissy in the 60s. “Visit first, then try to convince me.” If she’d spend just a couple of hours with me […]
Hot to shop: Kuala Lumpur
Photo: the bewilderingly fabulous mall, Suria KLCC. Photo: AFP & Sun Herald Malaysians have two great loves: eating and shopping. Sometimes you could flip that around to shopping and eating. […]
Madly Hatted, Richard does Melbourne
Where did you get that hat? Why, it’s a Richard Nylon, of course. Undeniably, marvelously kooky, the milliner Mr Nylon is hot property right now. Of course, it’s Cup season. […]
Bromance in the park
Photo: Eddie Jim, Sun Herald So I’ve taken time out from making rhubarb and apple crumble with neon-red rhubarb from someone else’s garden to do some work. Yes, really. Finally, […]
The great outdoors
An escarpment in the Kimberley. Photo: Belle Jackson Is it, like, circuitous meeja navel-gazing when media commentators start blogging on other media, only for other bloggers then to blog them? […]
Game On! A guide to Delhi
Just in case you are going to Delhi this week for the Commonwealth Games and oh, don’t have accommodation, or even a singular clue about the city, here’s a quick […]
Lattes all round at Naked for Satan
Can you choose a cafe just because you like the name? If so, a newcomer to Fitzroy’s Brunswick St should pack ’em in, with the catchy name, ‘Naked for Satan’. […]