Do you like gardens? I’m finding I like them more and more. Although not much of a gardener myself, I can appreciate the vision and artistry that go into the design of a beautiful garden. The slow, patient, caring labour that’s needed to bring the design to life seems like a metaphor for any creative …
When most people think of Honolulu, they think of Waikiki, surfing and shopping, or Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial. I’m not sure that many overseas visitors ever make it to the downtown area, which doesn’t feature strongly in the tourist literature. It’s a pity, because between S. King and S. Beretania Streets is …
What makes the idea of a secret garden so enticing? I think it’s the promise that a place of beauty and serenity and growth waits, out of sight, for those with enough curiosity and imagination to find it. Hidden but discoverable, a secret garden, like a treasure island, offers immense rewards to those who know …
Sydney Harbour has inspired outstanding art. Lloyd Rees’s sublime pencil drawings, Margaret Preston’s vivid linocuts and Grace Cossington-Smith’s soaring Harbour Bridge paintings are my favourites from the 20th century. In the 19th century, Australian Impressionists such as Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder used their pitch-perfect sense of light to create some of the most iconic …
