The Tea and Chocolate Experience was held outside the 31 Degrees chocolate store in a quiet, leafy laneway off 4 Hubert Street, Woolloongabba. We were welcomed by Chocolate Specialist, Kaitlyn Fitzpatrick, who hosted the experience. She tells us that she chose the name because 31 Degrees is the working temperature for tempered couverture, specifically dark … [Read more...] about Tea and Chocolate Experience Review
Slowhand, The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Philip Norman – Book Review
Slowhand, The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Philip Norman is the definitive biography of Eric Clapton, one of the greatest guitarists of all time and the unrivalled master of the solid-body electric guitar. His career has spanned the history of rock, and often transfigured it via the bands with whom he's played, namely The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, … [Read more...] about Slowhand, The Life and Music of Eric Clapton by Philip Norman – Book Review
Life on the Leash: A Novel by Victoria Schade – Book Review
Life on the Leash: A Novel by Victoria Schade is her comical, romantic debut novel about a dog trainer who is an expert at managing her four-legged friends, but whose love life is a disaster. Cora Bellamy has successfully run her own dog training business for years, perfectly content with her rescue pit-bull, Fritz, as the love of her life after her most recent romantic … [Read more...] about Life on the Leash: A Novel by Victoria Schade – Book Review
Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch – Book Review
Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch is the seventh PC Grant mystery, continuing his bestselling series of London adventures. In this latest book in the series, The Faceless Man, who is wanted for murder, fraud and malevolent crime, has finally been flushed out and named. The Special Assessment Unit has been ordered to run the operation, despite their unorthodox methods. D.C. … [Read more...] about Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch – Book Review
Henry VIII And The Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman – Book Review
Henry VIII And The Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman, author of the bestselling biography Thomas Cromwell, reveals the machinations of Henry’s court and his attitude to life from the viewpoint of his male relationships. It is “a biography from the outside in.” The story of England’s most well-known monarch is told through the eyes of the men closest to him, whether servants, … [Read more...] about Henry VIII And The Men Who Made Him by Tracy Borman – Book Review