I have not been a model of blogging activity in 2016. Now I’ve been forced to write something because the Foxcub has sent me a poem (see next post). Since you can boast about your niece, I think, without sounding dreadful: she’s been told she has a writing age of 13 (she’s 7). (In contrast, … More Bikes and dragons
In June 1938, my great-aunt Katharine set off from Dorset in the south-west of England to the boat train at Tilbury on the Thames, from where she sailed to Tangiers. A month later she was in Nairobi, staying with her brother Cenydd and his wife Alison, my grandparents. They had settled in Kenya twenty years before, in a … More An African Journey
July, school holidays. The foxcub and her brood have left the 45 degree heat of The Sandpit to return home to England; we remain in Sydney with a short trip to Kangaroo Valley. The big skies above the Hume Highway remind me why, when I first came to Australia, I fell for it – its … More Home and away
Editor, Writer, Ghostwriter
Wandering the pages of literary fiction ... with the occasional biography & page-turner thrown in!
Reinvigorating the Delicious Lost Art of Dinner Parties
Misadventures From Around the Globe
A quixotic quest for the bright side.
Cooking For An Inspirational Eater
Recipes from the Melting Pot of my Antipodean Kitchen
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