The Film: The Dish: The Reason: A buckle is a sweet taste of the south, which is what you’ll need after joining Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejioforn) in his twelve years in hell. Here you’ll find blackberries, with their tricklings of juice contributing both a twinkling acidity- and potentially a source of ink to send […]
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The Film: The Dish: The Reason: Every time Philomena Lee (Judi Dench) has returned to the convent in Tipperary, searching for information about the son she bore, which was later stolen from her, she comes away empty handed- bar a serving of brack cake and a cup of tea. Little wonder that later on in […]
There’s a sign on a new ish cafe that we discovered last weekend in what might be one of my new favourite spots in Sydney. In confident capitals it says on the wall ‘Do more of what makes you happy’. If you say so. It’s an excellent reminder. Sure there’s obligation, work, social niceties and […]
Sometimes it’s all about the aesthetics. It’s the time of year for it. Does your Christmas cake need to match your wrapping scheme? (No, hell no, this is madness and I’m well clear of it). But is it nice if it does? Sure. Confession: my visual standards are slipping a little at the moment. I’m […]
I am not MacGyver. Yet there is something about motherhood that has made me so. A caveat. I am swiftly discovering that parenting doesn’t always look or feel like you imagined it. I didn’t imagine that I would cry along with my son when he got his first set of immunisations. It was the look […]