It was the evening before we were to visit the Dali Museum at Figueres. We had booked into the lovely Ronda hotel, and after dinner and...

Have you heard the saying ‘Sitting is the new smoking’? If not, read ‘The dangers of sitting: why sitting is the new smoking’/ Victoria...

Good news doesn't sell. Bad news does. Perhaps it’s the primeval impulse to protect ourselves that alerts us to stories of fear and...

Patricia Highsmith, one of my favourite authors kept snails as pets. They lived in a glass tank and she travelled all over the world with...

Intermittent Explosive Disorder or IED, as distinct from the more famous IUD, is a psychological condition, not a contraceptive device. ...

As a newly married young woman I found myself living in Carlton with little to do to amuse myself. I had given up the wild life to be...

On attending the Wheeler Centre to hear Barry Jones reflect on his life, I was struck by his mention of the Stendhal (or Florence)...

My word! I love word play and word games. My favourite radio program used to be ‘My Word’ with Frank Muir and Denis Norden and guests....

Thirty years ago I was an English teacher at an eastern suburbs high school. The students were generally a conscientious and pleasant...

It is a glorious quiet sunny autumn day, and I have a glass of Shiraz in my hand. My favorite praying mantis goggles at me from the...