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Cobb and Co in West Dorest

Cobb and Co in West Dorest

Classic scene: Meryl Streep on The Cobb at Lyme Regisis one of the most timeless moments in cinema (Sygma) The crowded sandy Town Beach on a hot summer day From the cobb, across the harbour From the cobb end, across the water tocute seaside town of Lyme Regis  By Graeme Willingham The cloaked and hooded […]

It’s whale shark season again at Ningaloo Reef

It’s whale shark season again at Ningaloo Reef

Image: James Morgan Bucket list swim with the whale sharks of Ningaloo Graeme Willingham reflects on his swim there last year. Inadvertently, I was just a few metres directly in front of the gulping mouth of the 6.5m long whale shark, cruising one metre below the surface at Western Australia’s near shoreline Ningaloo Reef. I […]

Californian design style only at Brisbane

Californian design style only at Brisbane

By Graeme Willingham Having seen everything contemporary in the Melbourne Now mega art event, it was the design of California over the 1930-65 period that captivated our attention during a weekend arty visit to Brisbane. ‘California Design 1930–1965. Living in a Modern Way” features some 250 objects that helped to define modern style in the […]

Heatwave bike ride chill out in UK’s Devonshire tunnel

Heatwave bike ride chill out in UK’s Devonshire tunnel

by Graeme Willingham Outside, in the UK’s July heatwave, it was a breathless steamy 29. “Close” in the old language. Inside, it was a refreshing misty cool 13. After cycling up from the charming Roman city of Bath in Somerset, the pathway at hilltop Bear Flat slips us into the first of two former train […]