Thanks, most unexpectedly, to the lovely folks at Virgin Australia who are giving me a Free Trip to New York (i won a competition, would you believe it?) i will be heading state-side again early in the new year. I’m keen to meet with and talk cities, urbanism and geekery with audiences of artists, architects, urbanists, [...]
US Visit March 2012: The “I won a free trip” tour!
December 15th, 2011 1 Comment
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Lonely Planet: Newcastle one of the hottest cities in the world!?
October 31st, 2010 19 Comments
Sometimes something so amazing happens that you pinch yourself. As regular readers — and irregular ones, anyone who has known me or met me or had the misfortune to be stuck next to me in transit for an hour – will know if i have one obsession in life it’s with my home town of Newcastle. [...]
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