I’ve just come back from lunch with a friend, where we expressed very different views about the new movie called ‘The Favourite’, about Queen Anne (depicted above) and the two women vying for her lesbian affections. My friend thought it was a wicked, bitchy, witty comedy. I liked the acting and the costumes, but fell…
View MoreDec 30, 2018
The facade of the Haigh’s Chocolates Visitor Centre, just south of Adelaide’s city parklands, is unassuming. The chocolates inside are not. They cry out to be slowly, specially, succulently savoured. Only Spellcheck, which has put a red line underneath ‘succulently’, is immune to their aroma. Yes, they are expensive, but here’s a hint. If you’re…
View MoreDec 23, 2018
How do you attract people to your winery? Making good wine is one way. But if that’s not enough, construct a five-storey building in the shape of a Rubik’s cube … … put in clown faced urinals … … mirrors in the Gents … … lifts … … views … … and things that are…
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Michael from Perth
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