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BEST OF BRITISH – TRUE BLUE!
BEST OF BRITISH – TRUE BLUE! david ellis THE message is delivered through the public address system in theBest-of- British English. It draws you to listen. Every word is enunciated perfectly with nary a vowel flawed; everyending “g” or “t” as discernible as Professor Henry Higgins strove forfrom his battle with the hapless Cockney Eliza […]
Rocky Road to Egypt’s Ruins
David Ellis THE ancient tombs of many of Egypt’s most famous rulers, with their treasure-troves of sculptures, paintings, hieroglyphics and carvings, are amazing enough in themselves, but the fact that they were ever discovered in the first place is nothing short of a miracle. Hidden among rocky ravines in a sea of shifting sands on […]
Rocky Road to Egypt’s Ruins
David Ellis THE ancient tombs of many of Egypt’s most famous rulers, with their treasure-troves of sculptures, paintings, hieroglyphics and carvings, are amazing enough in themselves, but the fact that they were ever discovered in the first place is nothing short of a miracle. Hidden among rocky ravines in a sea of shifting sands on […]
TRUE TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
TRUE TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC david ellis ALTHOUGH he died eleven years ago, the name James A. Michener is stillas synonymous with the South Pacific today as it was when he put pento paper 60-odd years ago and chronicled the lives of Bloody Mary,Nellie Forbush, Emile de Becque, Atabrin Benny and a host of […]
TRUE TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
TRUE TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC david ellis ALTHOUGH he died eleven years ago, the name James A. Michener is stillas synonymous with the South Pacific today as it was when he put pento paper 60-odd years ago and chronicled the lives of Bloody Mary,Nellie Forbush, Emile de Becque, Atabrin Benny and a host of […]
A WINEMAKER’s LOT: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSÉS
david ellis FORTY something years ago as an inquisitive teenager, Bill Calabriahad his first drink. It wasn’t long after that he had his last drink – in fact it was that night. There’s probably nothing much unusual about a young bloke having asession on the grog and finding it wasn’t for him, but what is […]
A WINEMAKER’s LOT: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSÉS
david ellis FORTY something years ago as an inquisitive teenager, Bill Calabriahad his first drink. It wasn’t long after that he had his last drink – in fact it was that night. There’s probably nothing much unusual about a young bloke having asession on the grog and finding it wasn’t for him, but what is […]
MACABRE KILLER’S GRAND BRISBANE LEGACIES
david ellis AN AMAZING twenty-six million people a year wend their way alongBrisbane’s half-kilometre Queen Street Mall, taking a break from theoffice, daydreaming, cuddling-up, taking lunch, or simply doing someserious shopping. But few realise that a store they pass, or drop into for some of thatretail therapy, is on the site of what was once […]
MACABRE KILLER’S GRAND BRISBANE LEGACIES
david ellis AN AMAZING twenty-six million people a year wend their way alongBrisbane’s half-kilometre Queen Street Mall, taking a break from theoffice, daydreaming, cuddling-up, taking lunch, or simply doing someserious shopping. But few realise that a store they pass, or drop into for some of thatretail therapy, is on the site of what was once […]
REDHEAD HAD PRESS GOING APE
FOR WEEK BEGINNING 18 FEBRUARY 2008; PHOTO CAPTIONS AT END OF ITEM REDHEAD HAD PRESS GOING APE david ellis SHE was a redhead who had a private meeting with Prince Philip, metPrince Edward, sashayed with Elizabeth Taylor and Bo Derek, and hadthe press at her feet when she breakfasted with Bjorn Borg. And she had […]
