France's secret nook: stunning clifftops, medieval towns and crowd-free charm
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Sydney Morning Herald
3 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
As one newsroom legend passes, there are new ones in the making
Hello there. It's Liam Phelan here, filling in for Bevan while he is on leave in France. This week I'd like to delve a little into Herald history to let you know about the passing of one of our great columnists and writers. But I'd also like to highlight the work of the new wave of talent that we have, making sure we remain a crucial part of this city's political and cultural life, both today and into the future. I arrived in Australia in the late 1980s as a teenager to visit my father Seumas, who had been hired from The Irish Times to come and work at the Herald as a newspaper subeditor. In those days, when the Herald was owned by the Fairfax family, the company went on a global hiring spree, luring production staff from around the English-speaking world. The paper then had a mix of politics, state and federal, world news, business news etc, with some heavyweight political commentators who made sense of the big events of the day. But easily my favourite bit of the paper was the irreverent and laugh-out-loud Stay in Touch column, written by David Dale. Dale was a man ahead of his time. He wrote about food, culture and daily life in a cheeky, chatty way that cut through the stuffiness and pompousness of the time. While most of the paper was serious and earnest, Stay in Touch was a fun daily column that told you who was eating where, who was playing up, what new trends were emerging and where you should be heading in Emerald City. The column gave you a sense of the city that was not available in any other publication. Loading These days the Herald has an entire culture team, keeping us up to date with what's happening across music, theatre and the arts, both in Sydney and around the world. But back then Dale, who died last week aged 77, was a sort of one-man culture progenitor, writing in a style no one else could imitate. Damien Murphy, himself another giant of the Sydney newsroom, wrote a wonderful tribute this week, pointing out how the column was a springboard that took Dale to New York as the Herald's correspondent and then the editorship of Kerry Packer's Bulletin magazine. Even in the weeks before he died, Dale was contacting us to alert us to the passing of a pioneering Sydney restaurateur, Doreen Orsatti.
The Advertiser
a day ago
- The Advertiser
France's secret nook: stunning clifftops, medieval towns and crowd-free charm
Mais oui (but yes), this isn't an ugly part of the world," muses guide Bruno Eluere, as he watches us hungrily snapping photographs of Sarlat-la-Caneda, a honey-hued town in the Dordogne, a scrumptiously scenic portion of south-western France also known as Perigord. With his white handlebar moustache and whip-smart English - spoken with a French accent as thick as creme fraiche - Bruno is compelling company and a fountain of knowledge on the history, culture and cuisine of this beguiling region, where we're spending three nights on our cross-country La Grande France tour with Albatross.
Canberra Times
a day ago
- Canberra Times
Europe's new river cruise game-changer is Aussie - and I was among the first onboard
It's a truly international affair on board from our energetic Hungarian cruise director Bernadette through to crew from Bolivia, Serbia and Myanmar, and they all speak good English. And they never stop moving. We return one afternoon to find a crew member, paint tin in hand, inspecting the hull for marks. Upstairs, more crew are on their hands and knees dusting the (to my eyes) already immaculately clean skirting boards. It's clear that a lot of care and effort has gone into these new ships, and everyone from captain Cristian Tapoi down takes pride in keeping them in perfect condition.
