I’m itching to write about my recent visit to Le Corbusier’s Couvent de la Tourette but in the meantime, click […]
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Waste not, want not
Many a mickle makes a muckle is an old Scottish saying which means that a lot of little things can […]
Going for a song
Sixteen years ago, my partner and I decided we had enough equity in our house to buy an investment property. […]
Flights of fancy
The other day I was sitting in a packed train carriage and I realised I was the only person not […]
Prepare for take-off
A consequence of moving to Australia from Britain over twenty years ago has been that I’ve passed through a lot […]
The sunshine and shadow of a Swedish icon
Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 and died recently at the age of 91. Last week I was invited to […]
The road well travelled…
People used to joke that when your plane landed at Auckland airport, they announced: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to New […]
What’s in a name?
Do you reckon you’d feel different if you’d been called something else? I mean, if you’d been called Benedict instead […]
Coming home
The house next door has been demolished, leaving a rectangle of bare earth. In feng shui, that side of my […]
A proper hello
I’m a fool for a doorway. Thankfully, there are several Instagram sites that feed my addiction so I can peruse […]
Colin Bisset 