Pyjama Yoga With Tamara Pitelen
If you’d like to try yoga in your pyjamas, before breakfast in Britain (or getting ready for bed in Australia and New Zealand) why not try advanced instructor Tamara Pitelen’s laidback approach to gentle stretching? Free on YouTube and live on Zoom with single passes, to start.
The Dior Podcast
Miss Dior, the story of Christian Dior’s wartime heroine sister Catherine, is bestselling author Justine Picardie’s fascinating biography of the designer and his sibling. In this podcast she looks at the psychic who gave Dior hope, when Catherine was taken by the Gestapo.
Podcast – Want To Be An Author?
HarperCollins editor Sara Foster worked on bestselling fiction before moving to Australia from England and pursuing her own career as a novelist. The Holiday Goddess writer explains her approach to writing in a useful podcast for beginners.
Brisbane’s Best Art Deco Pub
The Empire Hotel is a 1937 Fortitude Valley classic, and one of Queensland’s great historic pubs.
Three Glastonbury Walks
Glastonbury is where King Arthur is buried, according to legend, and where the crystal shops are brighter than the traffic light system. Here are three walks you can take around the town.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
If you are looking for wonderful classic Fifties films – free from MGM – this Elizabeth Taylor classic set in Paris is hard to go past.
A London Astrology Walk
Walk from Cheapside up Fleet Street to the Strand and you will encounter all the signs and symbols of astrology and a few surprises too. Who would have thought Sir Winston Churchill would be hidden within a horoscope clock? Or that the zodiac sign of Sagittarius would appear twice, pointing to a church which references the symbol? This London Astrology Walk is packed with puzzles.
Rooftop Astronomy in London
Watch Saturn and Mars in the sky from the rooftop of this Commercial Road building, with a break from stargazing for dinner in the first floor dining room of The Culpeper Kitchen.
Karen Kingston’s Fast Clutter Clearing
Learn how to streamline & simplify your kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, junk room (in fact any space where there is clutter) & in the process change your life.
Wellington’s Paranormal Bars
Fans of Jemaine Clement’s Wellington Paranormal will know that the cult rockumentary comedy horror series (TNZ2), has put Cuba Street in Wellington on the map, as it appears in the first episode – possibly as the entrance to Hell. The Hotel Bristol Heavenly places to drink and dine (for fans) in Wellington include […]
Chakra Humming for Healing
Each chakra rules a different part of our body, mind or spirit. Balancing these – meditating while humming – is said to increase relaxation and happiness. Healing is possible, according to some real-life reviews on YouTube, using the 10 million+ hit Meditative Mind channel. And it’s free.
I, Claudius and Rome at Home
If a trip to Rome seems like a distant dream, you may want to spend the week in the company of I, Claudius to get your fix of the ‘Eternal City’ instead.