The rows of Chester
In his essay, The gift of the hinterland, Tony Barrell writes about the hinterlands of three cities: Chester in England, Molivos in Greece and Kyoto in Japan.… Read More The rows of Chester
In his essay, The gift of the hinterland, Tony Barrell writes about the hinterlands of three cities: Chester in England, Molivos in Greece and Kyoto in Japan.… Read More The rows of Chester
At the beginning of my time in Italy last year, I kept a food diary because I wanted to remember every exquisite detail of what I was putting into my mouth.… Read More Keeping a record of your travels — and your meals
On the weekend I hung out in different parts of the inner west, including a wander with a friend alongside the nearby Cooks River.… Read More One year of being back in Australia
30 April this year was the fortieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. For me personally, it’s been a moment to pause and reflect about the past and how that connects with the present, given my family’s history.… Read More The Vietnamese refugees who went to Austria
I ended the article with a question, raising the fact that these women were perhaps going from the frying pan of sex work to the fire of Cambodian garment factories.… Read More Getting facts wrong in Cambodia
Albury is a town right on the border of New South Wales, more than 500km from Sydney. The last time I stopped there was on a road trip to Melbourne over ten years ago, so when my friend Mel asked me if I wanted to help with her storytelling night at the LibraryMuseum in Albury, as… Read More 24 hours in Albury
For months now I’ve been wanting to say something about what’s happening in Syria, but words completely fail me. What could I possibly say about the suffering and the destruction? There were photos published on The Atlantic website last week that were completely devastating. Even if I hadn’t visited Syria before, I would have felt… Read More Once upon a time in Aleppo