Gaucho’s, in central Adelaide, is not a fully authentic Argentine restaurant. Thank goodness! When I last visited Argentina, I didn’t find the beef as tender as it once was. I understand that the cattle are now fed differently. But it’s juicy at Gaucho’s! Gaucho’s wouldn’t get away with serving typical Argentine salads, which are usually…
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Jan
I don’t remember the cause for which this man was collecting money in a Buenos Aires square. But whatever it was, I didn’t need much persuading to contribute. It’s not the greatest photo, as there’s a shadow over my face. But for some of you, my face may not be the main focus. I’m looking…
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Jan
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…
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Dec
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…
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Dec
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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Dec
This is a song from my show HOW TO WRITE A TASTEFUL NOVEL, sung (or, more accurately, spoken) to the tune of ‘She’s Always a Woman to Me’. I’ve included most of the photos from the slideshow that played during the song. Please click on them, for links to the posts that discuss them in…
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Dec
My experience last year of seeing Mercedes College stage The Little Mermaid made me think back to 1985. Methodist Ladies’ College was putting on The Enquiry – an unladylike play set in a women’s prison – and needed two boys to play the male roles. So I played the Reverend John, the chaplain, described in…
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Dec
Germaine Greer was born before the start of World War Two. Which means that she’s about to turn eighty. Yesterday, she flew across the country to speak, for an hour, without notes, at the University of Western Australia. And spent the next two hours and twenty minutes signing books, posing for photos and talking to…
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Nov
