I don’t think words can express my feelings for our local pizzeria, Rostrevor Pizza Bar. We moved here in 2006 and from the first weeks until now, they have been a staple part of our survival and sanity, not only…

This is a song arising from my reflection on the terror being inflicted upon the world by the leaders of Russia, USA, Israel, and Iran, to name just a few. Here we are, trying to live our lives, and these…

To understand former South Australian premier, Don Dunstan, is to understand a man who tried to drag a 19th-century society into the 21st century in just ten years. I am glad he lived and glad he managed to do what…

Have you ever been winetasting at a cellar door in South Australia? It’s one of the most enjoyable things to do. Well, this song is a celebration in high spirits with a little bit of New Orleans energy to match…

Love is a long game. I have come to believe that is true, whether it’s love of a friend, your partner, or yourself. After reflecting one night on the enduring nature of my core relationships, and noting there have been…

I’ve been involved in the Adelaide Fringe since 1988, many times as a performer, but most often as a reviewer. Not a paid reviewer, by the way, simply as someone passionate about the arts who wanted to shine a light…

With Valentine’s Day approaching, I started researching how Adelaideans courted during the early 1900s, and that’s when I discovered we had a floating palais on the River Torrens. The Floating Palais de Danse, also known as the Taj Mahal of…

We love ambos. We’ve had occasion to call them to our household four times and every time they have been calm, professional, and friendly. At the 2022 state election, I was quite swayed by the Labor leader’s pledge to fix…

Almost everybody in South Australia now knows we have the annual Adelaide Writers’ Week event, due to a flawed attempt to uninvite a writer that then spiralled into a mass boycott and then a pile-on by groups issuing lofty statements…

I love Australia but we quite a few screws loose at the moment. We have people feeling the economic squeeze and therefore looking around to blame someone for it. The buck often stops with the stranger, the new arrivals, and…