The brewery was Cheeky Monkey and also near Margaret River…..

Oh, and the vegetarian curry place mentioned was in Perth not Freemantle- that should have been a full stop after “Freemantle is more lively”…

Move to Singapore – at 30degC you won’t need a jacket

Been there a couple of times on holiday from Singapore.

First trip was just my wife and I, before the kids were born, and we just arrived at Perth airport without a plan. We hired a car and headed straight down […]

Good isn’t it. And very easy to make.

I recited that from memory as I have made it so many times, but it was originally in the Telegraph many many years ago (the link below – looks like they re posted last y […]

I’ve probably posted this before, but it’s still one of the favourites with my two boys and gets cooked regularly……

Soy Braised Chicken
In a large casserole dish, brown 8 chicken thighs (skin & bone on best) i […]

Re 1983 Genesis – it’s certainly one of their best side ones – Mama/That’s All/Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea is a fabulous run of tracks. The second side dips a bit, but I agree that it’s still one of th […]

I seem to remember that back in the late 80s and early 90s there were similar sentiments that Labour had become completely unelectable, we’re no longer relevant to modern society and would completely disappear. B […]

Whilst I agree that it makes eminent sense from an epidemiological perspective, isn’t there a fundamental responsibility for a country to protect all its citizens, which in my mind would include allowing them to f […]

Here it is…..

EDIT : just read the comments and it looks like (a) its only available until April 25th and (b) not available in the UK or Ireland (I may know a man who knows a man that has downloaded from YouTube….)

Yep – I always thought of Brass In Pocket as a straight ahead guitar/bass/drums track – yet there are 5 separate guitar tracks, rhodes piano…….

But I would like to add my horror at the americanisation of British biscuits…..

I just went to McVities website to confirm that chocolate hob nobs did actually come later than plain ones for my above comment. […]

But then without tinkering, we would not have plain chocolate hob-nobs………..

I highly recommend the Space Oddity one – it explains the line “can you hear / here am I floating round my time can” where not only does he switch the meaning of hear / here in the same word, but also the voi […]

Well my 3-6 months off that I mentioned above turned into a year and then the end of that coincided with COVID, so I’m still ‘retired’……

I am though in a lucky enough financial position to not have to work […]

Yes it is a slightly authoritarian government, but it has liberalised massively in the 28 years I have been here. The thing is though a lot of these ‘harsh rules’ and draconian measures are for stuff that 99. […]