Writer, opera singer, film director and producer

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“A Secret Never to be Told”

A feast of music, history, secrets and intrigue

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“Boyo”

A rollicking good laugh, based on a true love story that spanned the globe.

Some of the things that interest me in life...

The Rossini opera rock star

After 19 years of furious output, Gioacchino Rossini stopped composing operas. Why? A secret never to be told... until now.

Posted: Thursday 29 September 2022
It is too difficult to have children

More from Avio

Posted: Wednesday 14 September 2022
Avio and the Bad Feeling

"Before I am married, there is this woman..."

Posted: Wednesday 7 September 2022
When you're in Italy and you see an undertaker or a nun

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

Posted: Wednesday 31 August 2022
The Magpies

A poem

Posted: Monday 15 August 2022
The Virtual Wife

AKA The Case of the Missing Furniture

Posted: Tuesday 26 July 2022
Huatulco

I have never seen the like

Posted: Friday 22 July 2022
Thai-style fishcakes

A favourite adapted from a traditional recipe

Posted: Monday 11 July 2022 , 2 Comments
A knocking on the window of my EV

I turned and saw a woman signalling for me to wind down the window

Posted: Wednesday 6 July 2022
Surprise! Surprise!

World-famous in Orewa

Posted: Friday 1 July 2022
Creole-style fish

A Curaçao Jewish recipe for “Bakiou”

Posted: Friday 24 June 2022 , 4 Comments
How to explain a Brunelleschi

The logic of genius

Posted: Friday 17 June 2022
Another taster from much later in the novel Boyo

In a wet, grey, plastic mac

Posted: Friday 10 June 2022
Avio and the two phones

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

Posted: Friday 3 June 2022 , 1 Comments
A wonderful day in Barbados

Francis was in his late thirties, medium height, balding, white teeth, twinkle in his eye, and African.

Posted: Friday 27 May 2022