Tag: Lindsey Dawson

There's an election going on. But where's the noise, where's the humour?

I had a grim week this summer. I stopped drinking coffee.

Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the web? Well, take a deep breath. You ain't seen nothin' yet.

've been obsessed with genealogy all summer. Never got around to it before but the internet makes it so very easy and fascinating.

There's lots of bad news out there and, conversely, lots of hopeful talk as well. You hear many 'experts' saying things will get worse, and just as many saying things will get better. Who knows which way it'll go.

My friend writer Helen Brown lost her iPhone. Quel bereavement! Because she was on holiday at Byron Bay and was just about to pack up and leave, there was no chance of it turning up under a cushion as might have happened at home.

Massages, dance lessons, art auctions, cooking lessons, tai chi, wine tasting, yoga, shopping, facials... you can imagine the delights.

After I got back from China people kept asking, 'So how was it on the train?' I went by rail from Shanghai to Beijing. One of the world's fastest, the train rips along at around 300kph though is capable of even more.

Do you think of huge, bustling Beijing as a city with eco lodges at its doorstep?

Best to take a half-empty suitcase if you visit Shanghai. The shopping is vast and varied, from to the very best brands in the world to fake knock-offs you can bargain hard for.