Iconic designs: home comforts pt 2, the kitchen
From a series written for ABC Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. This piece first aired on 13th September 2024. You can listen to it here. *** If fire marks the beginning of human civilisation...
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From a series on the pursuit of comfort in the home written for ABC’s Blueprint for Living. You can listen to the audio here. *** Everyone thought Bess Hardwick’s brand new house, Hardwick Hall in...
View ArticleIconic designs: home comforts pt4 – the comfort of the bathroom
From a series written for ABC Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. This piece first aired on 4th October 2024. You can listen to it here. *** If the comfortable kitchen is all about order and...
View ArticleIconic designs: home comforts pt5, the sitting room
From a series written for ABC Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. this piece first aired on 11th October 2024. You can listen to it here. *** The comfort of the sitting room is a fiddly thing. For...
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Taking stock at Cloverdale
It’s funny how life moves through different phases. After a few years filled with the hustle and bustle of resettling and renovating, this year appears to have been one of whispering tranquility. Or...
View ArticleIconic designs: Home comforts pt6, the bedroom
From a series written for ABC Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. this piece first aired on 25th October 2024. You can listen to it here. *** One of life’s great experiences is to stay in a...
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Hold the dream
I’m not sure why people are surprised when they find out that I’m interested in cars given that I always have been. As a child I would drool over the latest Corgi and Dinky models at the toy counter...
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Truth and beauty
I’ve recently been immersed in three very different books about architecture and design. It’s interesting how the right book often appears at the right time, clarifying something that’s been on your...
View ArticleIconic designs: home comforts pt 7, the comfort of the outside space
The last in a series on home comforts written for Radio National’s Blueprint for Living. This was first aired on the 9th November 2024. You can listen to the audio here. *** Although the veranda has...
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Off the beaten track in Japan
Recently the Japanese tourist authority asked Australians heading to Japan to consider travelling off the beaten track. I suspect it’s not only Australians they’re asking, either, but certainly the...
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