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 […]
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, […]
When it comes to Vietnam War photographers, Tim Page is about as legendary as it gets. He’s the one who went to war on a motorbike and, against all odds, survived – three times alone […]
A reporter’s rounds are as much about people as they are about the overnight crime stats and the latest council decisions. If you want to know what’s going on you have to be there. You […]
On 6 December 1966, Chairman Mao’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution arrived briefly and violently at Dalgety’s Wharf in Brisbane, Australia. It’s an incident which has largely been forgotten in the tumult of history, but it […]
Welcome to Your Girl Reporter’s first post for 2019, my traditional assessment of what’s in store for the Lunar New Year, with a bit of help from Chinese astrology. It’s fun! It’s also my first […]
This is my first Hong Kong Christmas in a long time, so it’s only right that we revisit a day out spent with my family on our first Christmas Day in Hong Kong in 1967. […]
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