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The sight of a traditional habit provokes a traditional habit in all Italian men

AKA The Case of the Missing Furniture

The logic of genius

Wearing two phones keeps Avio safe... or does it?

She is Italian woman, con spirito...

Plus an extract from "Roll Jordan, roll", sung by the North Shore Male Choir

Hot cioccolata that you remember each night as you close your eyes to sleep...

A life-changing experience

What captivated us, most of all, at the time and ever since, when we think of Málaga, was sitting on a stool in the street outside the cathedral...

There are times when No is never the answer

Singing is extra...

Why a television, I thought, on a beach amongst T-shirts and corned beef, grass skirts and jewellery?

The things you hear in a cafe...

I’d been asked to sing at a Tongan Easter Service in Auckland...

In all my years in opera, I had never seen Pavarotti perform live. What was a man to do?

With the North Shore Male Choir (aka Llareggyb Men's Choir), Auckland

News hot off the press...

Not what you may be expecting

A singalong!

Close your eyes...

Sea-weed - a sound picture

The rites of St Agnes' Eve reportedly do work...

Meet my Italian friend, Avio