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BUY-UP A PART OF BRITSH HISTORY – ‘OWZAT?

BUY-UP A PART OF BRITSH HISTORY – ‘OWZAT?

david ellis THE “FOR SALE” sign has gone up in the little English village of Linkenholt in Hampshire, and if you’ve a lazy $23-million pounds (that’s about AU$47-million) it’s your chance to go one-up on the neighbours. Because when you hand over your cheque, what is now your neighbour’s will become yours, as your little […]

BUY-UP A PART OF BRITSH HISTORY – ‘OWZAT?

BUY-UP A PART OF BRITSH HISTORY – ‘OWZAT?

david ellis THE “FOR SALE” sign has gone up in the little English village of Linkenholt in Hampshire, and if you’ve a lazy $23-million pounds (that’s about AU$47-million) it’s your chance to go one-up on the neighbours. Because when you hand over your cheque, what is now your neighbour’s will become yours, as your little […]

TONY’S BITE ON A SLICE OF BROOKLYN

TONY’S BITE ON A SLICE OF BROOKLYN

david ellis CUSTOMERS can queue for an hour or more outside Brooklyn’s famous Grimaldi’s Pizzeria WHEN some mates lamented that they couldn’t get a decent pizza in Manhattan, Tony Muia took them across the Brooklyn Bridge to his part of New York City to show them the great family pizzerias that existed there – and […]

TONY’S BITE ON A SLICE OF BROOKLYN

TONY’S BITE ON A SLICE OF BROOKLYN

david ellis CUSTOMERS can queue for an hour or more outside Brooklyn’s famous Grimaldi’s Pizzeria WHEN some mates lamented that they couldn’t get a decent pizza in Manhattan, Tony Muia took them across the Brooklyn Bridge to his part of New York City to show them the great family pizzerias that existed there – and […]

WILD WEST LIVES ON IN ARIZONA’S BISBEE

WILD WEST LIVES ON IN ARIZONA’S BISBEE

david ellis THERE was a time when you could go into a pub and buy a beer for a dollar. In the little Arizona town of Bisbee in 1970, artist Stephen Hutchinson went one better than that: with his wife Marcia he walked into the historic local pub, put down his dollar and came away […]

WILD WEST LIVES ON IN ARIZONA’S BISBEE

WILD WEST LIVES ON IN ARIZONA’S BISBEE

david ellis THERE was a time when you could go into a pub and buy a beer for a dollar. In the little Arizona town of Bisbee in 1970, artist Stephen Hutchinson went one better than that: with his wife Marcia he walked into the historic local pub, put down his dollar and came away […]

FAMILY AFFAIR LAUNDERS A VINTAGE PAST

FAMILY AFFAIR LAUNDERS A VINTAGE PAST

david ellis AN Italian migrant who made his first wines in the family laundry tub over a half century ago, would doubtless get a kick if he was still around today in knowing that the company that grew from that laundry tub, has just won one of this year’s NSW Family Business of the Year […]

FAMILY AFFAIR LAUNDERS A VINTAGE PAST

FAMILY AFFAIR LAUNDERS A VINTAGE PAST

david ellis AN Italian migrant who made his first wines in the family laundry tub over a half century ago, would doubtless get a kick if he was still around today in knowing that the company that grew from that laundry tub, has just won one of this year’s NSW Family Business of the Year […]

BABS’ 50-DAYS GETTING TO THE CHURCH ON TIME

BABS’ 50-DAYS GETTING TO THE CHURCH ON TIME

david ellis WHEN a girl’s asked to be bridesmaid to her best friend, it’s important she get herself to the church on time. But that can take on a whole new meaning when our bridesmaid lives in Wales, and the church is a near-20,000 kilometres away in Brisbane, Australia – and she refuses to fly. […]

BABS’ 50-DAYS GETTING TO THE CHURCH ON TIME

BABS’ 50-DAYS GETTING TO THE CHURCH ON TIME

david ellis WHEN a girl’s asked to be bridesmaid to her best friend, it’s important she get herself to the church on time. But that can take on a whole new meaning when our bridesmaid lives in Wales, and the church is a near-20,000 kilometres away in Brisbane, Australia – and she refuses to fly. […]