It’s an L year! As well as Lion and Luke, Lotfi was put forward for an Academy Award. Image: Algerian Cinema. Ruby on set with legend filmmaker Ahmedi Rachdi, with Lotfi Bouchouchi in the studio at… Algerian Cinema – Lotfi Bouchouchi- The Well
Luke is about to walk the red carpet at the academy awards, having been nominated for an OSCAR for adapted screenplay for Lion, which also is nominated for best picture, Dev Patel for supporting actor, Nicole Kidman for supporting actress as well as score and cinematography (Greig Fraser).
Visiting major monuments, waiting in line for museums and taking out a second mortgage for a Michelin-starred dining experience may be fine for a few days – but once that’s out of your system, step… Things to do in Paris when you’re done with being a tourist
Don’t make the mistake of feeling you must tick off every museum and historic site when visiting Paris. Following your nose, buying flowers, enjoying great bread, wine and cheese at a cute café in your… Top things to see and do in Paris
Algeria’s second city is unique for its sights, coastline and fusion flavours with Berber, Arab and European influences. Pack your swimmers and comfortable shoes and make the most of 48 hours in this West Coast… Oran is the new black (My 48 Hours in Oran article in The Africa Report)
After years of bearing the 22+ flight between Australia and Europe, I am now an advocate of the stop over. Not only do you get to stretch your legs and break up the journey,… 24 Hours in Singapore (My story in Provincial Living Magazine)
While Paris is known as the City of Light, it’s often the City of Light Meals for vegetarian travellers. Travellers looking for a vegetarian meal may find their best, if not only, option on a… Tips for Eating Vegetarian in Paris (My story for the Wayward Post)
Want some tips on where to listen to Jazz in Paris, how to appreciate Bordeaux while working off the cheese and wine with a bike tour or insider information on navigating the stunning (and delicious)… Paris Jazz, Bordeaux Bikes & Amalfi Coast Tips
Having been out of the country more often than not in the past years, I had not yet discovered the Sound Lounge, the Seymoure Centre’s cabaret room. While a room redesign of better floor, sexier decor… The Vagas Lounge- Review (Screamers at The Sound Lounge)
You are busy and you want to get all your favourite blogs in one place – including this one. Here is a handy tool to help you organise all your influencers and writers and producers.… Bloglovin’
Fashion designer Rym Menaifi draws on the wealth of her Algerian heritage to dazzle on the runway. Read my story in The AFRICA REPORT by clicking HERE.
Berlin. 1939. When broke aspiring American novelist Clifford Bradshaw arrives in town, life and politics are at a turning point. While struggling to get active on the typewriter in his cheap room, he gets swept… Review- Cabaret starring Paul Capsis opens in Sydney
I saw the second part of Otto and Astrid’s act back a the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009 with filmmaker Yanni Kronenberg. We were filming a 24 hours in Edinburgh piece for ABC Arts and Ruby… Astrid & Otto Eurosmash The Sydney Festival
After saying that Christa Hughes’ 60 minute wham bam terrific Magic Mirror Sydney Festival show could have been stretched a tad, perhaps because of the intensity of that one hour sensational blast, it felt that… Tomboy Survival Guide (Ivan Coyote- Sydney Festival)
CHRISTA HUGHES IS OZ ROCKIN’ THE LADIES LOUNGE 24–26 JANUARY Christa Hughes. Sydney. Spiegeltent. How can one resist? I first met Christa backstage at the Spiegeltent in Melbourne between feathers, sequins and acrobats. Then she… Christa at the Sydney Spiegel (Sydney Festival)
Memoires of the opening and closing nights of the 2017 Flickerfest Festival at the Bondi Pavilion. The Best of the Flicks tour Australia January- May 2017. Details on fickerfest.com.au.
There are worse ways to spend a Friday evening than at the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney watching 100 minutes of short flicks under the stars followed by a reception at the festival bar with its… Flickerfest 2017
Despite the weather turning more than fresh, we took to the Paris streets with videographer Olivia Rutherford to make you a musical from Paris!
18 months ago, Paris based English singer Sarah Tullamore felt that there was something fundamentally shifting in her life. Itchy feet? Mid-life crisis? Unfulfilled professional ambitions? All three? She wasn’t sure, but began writing. With… London-Paris-Roam! … in Edinburgh!
Whatever your religion, you can appreciate the sweet side of Ramadan! I recently discovered the wonderful rue Poncelet, in the backstreets from the Arc de Triomphe, with its markets of cheeses, foie gras , chacuterie,… The sweet side of Ramadan