Melbourne Musings: February Festivalling
I moved to Melbourne from Edinburgh for the festival spirit: both are cities of ideas, curiosity, and great arts programs. I’m often asked about the differences between the two, besides […]
I moved to Melbourne from Edinburgh for the festival spirit: both are cities of ideas, curiosity, and great arts programs. I’m often asked about the differences between the two, besides […]
There is a huge array of creative activity going on here in the visually arresting city of Cape Town, with a wealth of artists, designers, writers, arts festivals and craft […]
Sharjah is the cultural capital of the UAE, with 18 high-spec museums devoted to showcasing and exploring a range of interests: maritime history, science and Islamic civilization, to name a […]
My first transcontinental journey across Australia took me to Fremantle, a port city that serves the Indian Ocean and the meandering Swan River. An Aboriginal meeting place before Western colonies took […]
This is a difficult week for literary ninjas in Australia. I’d been planning to blog about Sydney’s cultural life until I watched the Liberal Government unveil their first Federal budget. Vast cuts […]
Thai silk is famous throughout the world: rich, elegant and sumptuous. The journey of creating silk is intensive, with workers across the country dependent on the trade, but this story starts small […]