British novelist Nick Hornby wrote a book of essays about songs that he either liked or that had an impact on his life. It got me thinking about a playlist to my life (indulgent!), and tunes that are evocative of a time and place. I like music. I’ve got friends who like it a lot more than me and are better at it. For me it is more of a backdrop to what is happening around … [Read more...]
The Islands Quiz
Subscribe to the Agatha Bertram enewsletter and get connected with the quiz. The newsletter provides links to the most popular blogs of the last three months from Agatha Bertram and other contributors e.g. Parikshit 'PK the movie buff' Kumar. AND a quiz with a travel theme. Here's the Islands Quiz from the June e-newsletter, and here's the link to subscribe. Islands … [Read more...]
Long Flight, Focus, Read, Remember
A while ago, I was working in the Foreign Service. My job was to pick up a Federal Minister from the airport in Rio De Janeiro and get him to a Summit that Australia was involved with. Wracking my brains for small talk I said “how was your flight”? “How was it?” he replied. “Well I got on at one end, flew for a while and then got off at the other end”. I thought … [Read more...]
Hanging on the Horizon – Lake Ballard
Some people call it Lake Ballard, correctly because that’s where it is. Some people call it the Gormley statues, equally correctly because that’s what it is. It is one of my favourite places in the world, and is ‘quite remote’. What A group of 51 statues created by English sculpture (Sir) Antony Gormley in 2003. The group is spread over a 10 sq. km salt lake. Each … [Read more...]
Hello World!
Blogs are great! I’ve heard about blogs, known about blogs and wished I had more time to learn more about blogs. Now I have the luxury of not working for a while and I am thoroughly enjoying the discovery. My good friends Phoebe Thomas who you’ll hear more about and Di Bortolletto who will also receive a few mentions have helped to get me started. Phoebe runs Lou … [Read more...]
