It’s funny how backpackers – like nationalities – always fall into a particular stereotype. There’s the know-it-all who has been there and done that for a fraction of the cost you did. The lads who have simply transferred their drinking and fighting activities to a more exotic locale. And the sex-bomb Swede who seems to [...]

‘When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog’ by Jens Lekman got my vote as album of the year last year and as luck would have it, he’s touring Australia RIGHT NOW while I’m 20,000 k’s away. What’s worse, by the look of his touring schedule we’ll cross paths somewhere over Java. That doesn’t [...]

I just received confirmation of my appearance at the Lincoln Book Festival on Friday 20th May and a contract I have to sign and return to prove that I will actually turn up. It’s the first contract that I’ve ever read that’s made me laugh out loud. Not because of the amount of money I’ll [...]

It’s funny the things that make you homesick. I’ve been living in London for just over a year now and only just got that funny yearning feeling last week – watching the Koala Brothers, of all things! I stumbled across the show as I was flicking through the channels (yep, procrastinating again) and was immediately [...]