Not the Queen’s birthday
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the question of whose birthday we now celebrate with a public holiday is once again being discussed. In Queensland,…
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the question of whose birthday we now celebrate with a public holiday is once again being discussed. In Queensland,…
A new year means new travel plans. I’m busy making mine, and hope you are too! After reviewing my past year, and the past decade, I found…
I’ve left the “do not disturb” on for a little bit too long, I know. If I was in a hotel, the housekeeping staff would be…
William Shakespeare has popped into my life twice this year (so far!). Stratford-upon-Avon, the Bard’s hometown, was a spur-of-the-moment stop on my road trip around England…
Despite being a huge crime fiction fan, it had been many years since I’d read an Agatha Christie novel. That changed on a visit to Devon,…
Beautiful stone walls and hedges border garden beds brimming with flowers, busy bees and all shades of green. Gardeners are hard at work, and visitors are…
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” So wrote the 18th century essayist and poet Samuel Johnson. He could easily have…
Killing time sometimes leads to wonderful discoveries while travelling. On a stopover in London earlier this year, I had allowed myself extra time to find an…