4/9/22 4/9/22

Walking Melbourne Backwards

Discovering new sights in Melbourne as I walk through the city by a different way to my usual path.

24/8/22 24/8/22

A Witch Doctor’s Day in Photos

Photographs of pelicans, cormorants and a magpie on a beach, plus the sky during a coming storm

22/8/22 22/8/22

Braving the Doctor Fish of Singapore

Submitting my feet to a Doctor Fish massage (and nibble) in Singapore

20/8/22 20/8/22

Dawn in Hoi An

Thoughts as I watch the dawn in Hoi An from a fishing boat.

18/8/22 18/8/22

Venice and the Church of the Skiing Jesus

An unusual church spire in Venice

16/8/22 16/8/22

Drifting Along the Danube

Images and memories as I drift along the Danube in flood

14/8/22 14/8/22

Montalbano's First Case - Andrea Camilleri

My review of Montalbano's First Case, the first in the series which made Andrea Camilleri one of Italy's most popular writers.

13/8/22 13/8/22

Venice, Gondolas and Me

Images and tales of gondolas from my visits to Venice

11/8/22 11/8/22

The Kappillan of Malta

It is far easier to write interestingly of the devil than of a good man, but in The Kappillan of Malta, Nicholas Monsarrat succeeds. Against the backdrop of The Siege if Malta in WWII, the bombs open some forgotten catacombs. As fear fills the city, up to 6000 Maltese take refuge here and Father Salvatore joins them, becoming the priest (or kappillan) of the catacombs. Most of all, throughout Monserrat’s writing shines his love of Malta; her history and her people, their strength and their failings. A Malta I want to discover, as I walk her streets to find the world of Father Salvatore.