I’m not in the habit of giving plugs to businesses or services. I’m trying to hold on to what little scraps of credibility that I have. But I do like to encourage and support people who have a dream, put everything on the line and pursue it relentlessly. Steve Savage is one of those guys. [...]

Readers of Vroom with a View may remember that I spent a good deal of that trip trying to find a Kinder Surprise with a toy Vespa inside. ( I know my friend Marie does. She blogged about it the other day!) After purchasing a hell of a lot of chocolate eggs, and getting more [...]

I got back from giving my talk on Hippy Envy in Italy on Tuesday night but things have been a bit hectic. Sally is doing the PR for Helen Mirren’s upcoming autobiography so I’ve been doing a bit more child care than normal. Not that I’m complaining. Daisy is at a fun age at the [...]

It is ten years ago to the day that my first book, No Shitting in the Toilet, was published. There was a cockroach on the cover and the ‘h’ in shitting had been scratched out in an attempt to safeguard sensibilities. Indeed, the woman who interviewed me for ABC radio in Tasmania insisted on calling the book ‘No [...]