After the China Mail closed in August 1974, my father Jack Spackman was persona non grata, thanks to his leading role in the subsequent fight for a fair settlement for the staff. Overnight, he went […]
If I had to describe my mother Margaret Spackman in one word, I would choose ‘intrepid’. It’s an overused term for Girl Reporters who, by their nature, are regarded as adventurous and unafraid. But it […]
Your Girl Reporter invites you to a night out in Hastings Old Town. I expect it’s all been ‘improved’ by now but, back when it was an alehouse I used to frequent, the First In, […]
It’s a bitter harvest this year in Hong Kong after a long, hard summer of violence and unrest – the hardest, perhaps, in its history. The Mid-Autumn Festival, traditionally one of the most peaceful in […]
A press trip to Austria took an unusual turn with no Alps, no Sound of Music, no Strudel and no Salzburg. Just a bunch of hoteliers with women on their mind. One of the best […]
In the 1970s our social orbit expanded to include a small but highly specialised group of expatriates in Hong Kong. They were footballers, who delighted local crowds in the glory days of the game and […]
Phew! It’s been a slow start to the gardening year for your overwhelmed Girl Reporter, who has been struggling with a prolonged flare-up of the old ankyspondydoodah. Regular viewers will recall that last year we […]
There’s change in the air for Australia’s 2019 election, with voters skipping the polling day barbecue and casting their ballots early in record numbers. Where does this worrying trend leave our beloved Democracy Sausage? It’s […]
The last time I saw my father Jack Spackman was December 2002 in San Francisco. It was a turbulent time in US history, the country still reeling from the attack on the World Trade Centre […]
At one time Grosvenor House, our block of flats at the end of Macdonnell Road in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels, was home to BBC correspondent Tony Lawrence, who died on 24 September 2013, and Dick Hughes, […]
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