The Cape York peninsula is one of the most unique places on earth: Australia’s northern tip boasts untouched wilderness, hosts important First Nations cultural sites and provides a refuge for hundreds of threatened species. This week the Australian and Queensland governments took the important step of nominating parts of the region – Cape York’s “cultural… Read More »
Since it’s a port city, it makes sense that Marseille’s signature dish is the overwhelming bouillabaisse fish stew. As long as you love fish, you should deal with this problem at least once. Avoid cheap versions: anything under €45 (£38) is considered cheap. Other local dishes are similarly sustainable: stainbeef stew in wine; And le… Read More »
Marseille’s main attraction is the city itself; the atmosphere, flow and pulsating rhythm of a major port city. This place essentially lives and works now, and has for the last two and a half millennia. However, almost in spite of himself, he accumulated a wealth of culture; Marseille being European Capital of Culture in 2013… Read More »
It’s been almost a decade since the last Australian mainstage production of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a mad monarchy, evil fathers, ambitious children and a world unraveling towards apocalypse. In the intervening years, we have witnessed the rise and rise of star casts as theater companies compete for our growing dollars by building productions around big… Read More »
Throughout the summer we’ll be taking the pulse of our most famous traditional seaside towns, examining the efforts being made to regenerate them and getting a feel for whether they’re still worth visiting. This week David Atkinson investigates Southport. Some call it the Paris of the North; others to Birkenhead by sea. The seaside resort… Read More »
When New Zealand opened its borders after the pandemic, separations began immediately. The sense of loss was constant for Kirsty Frame, a 24-year-old journalist who was then working for the country’s national broadcaster in Wellington. “It was farewell dinner after farewell dinner, I was quitting drinking after drinking and I think it started to take… Read More »
It’s a given that Bristol has a fantastic restaurant scene, but drinking venues and nightlife options are also something to consider, as is its famous live music scene. There are plenty of excellent venues in the city, from classic pubs (like the famous Coronation Tap cider house in Clifton) to speakeasies and romantic cocktail bars.… Read More »
In the summer of 1938, sculptor Ronald Moody could be forgiven for thinking that his career path was set. He had exhibited with Jacob Epstein, Elisabeth Frink, Barbara Hepworth, and Henry Moore, and his work was well reviewed on both sides of the Atlantic. He moved from London to Paris, where he married and began… Read More »
Star performer Caissie Levy, who first played Elsa in Frozen on Broadway, was entering a “new phase of life” when she received an offer to return to London’s West End for the first time in more than a decade. It was early January 2022 and it couldn’t have been more surreal. She had just moved… Read More »
What was that? I tried to listen with my helmet on, with my ears tuned to the fences. Cuckoo. Yes! The sound of spring. The voice of Switzerland. Good ranking. The cuckoo clock was actually invented in Germany. But considering I wasn’t actually in Switzerland, it still seemed appropriate. Divided between the Calvados and Orne… Read More »