I was thrilled and a bit awed when Sisters in Crime Australia (SICA) invited me to write a blog post about the setting for my...

An easy recipe and a glorious Christmas chorus... I'm a sentimental traditionalist when it comes to Christmas food, particularly...

Today I don't intend to analyse or discuss the current challenges facing Fiji. I simply want to congratulate...

Many visitors to Fiji are curious about the origin of the current large population of ethnic Indians (around 37 percent) in the middle...

Three months ago I reported Fiji had 16 confirmed Covid-19 cases, all traced to two sources. There had been no deaths. Three months later, a

Mammals of Fiji 1. How many native land-mammal species does Fiji have? 2. These species all belong to one mammal class. Any guesses?

How much fresh fish do you eat in a year? I know I don't eat nearly as much as coastal Fijians. The most recent survey I can find

When I posted a month ago, no cases of Covid-19 had been identified in Fiji. Inevitably, this has changed. There are now 16 confirmed cases

The CoVid-19 pandemic is now demonstrating the meaning of "going viral" around the globe and has certainly overtaken the global media.

it may come as a surprise that Fiji's most world-famous, most successful and most enduring sports star is the golfer, Vijay Singh, nicknamed

Since the disastrous bush fires in Australia are headline news around the world, I have been touched by emails from readers...

Christmas in Fiji In the scatter of islands which make up Fiji, the indigenous Fijian majority share a deep Christian faith, so Christmas...

The Hindu festival of Diwali ended in Fiji a week ago. What is the principal ingredient of the mouth-watering sweets made, given and...

Three official languages Fiji has a population of about 900,000 spread over 300 islands, yet has three official languages: Fijian, Fijian...

Fiji ranks 9th in the World! With the Rugby World Cup due to kick off in Japan in just two weeks, it's time I enlightened you about the...

DS Singh's favourite pudding! Detective Sergeant Susie Singh, Horseman's invaluable partner in my Fiji Islands Mysteries, never misses a...

He laid down his life for his friends. In 1969, Fiji issued a stamp to mark the 25 years since Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu V.C....

I've told you a little about the fearsome Fijian warriors of pre-colonial times, but you might not know that their descendants punched...

Not many Fijians have seen a tagimaucia, beloved as the national flower of their island nation. This is not surprising as the tagimaucia...

I want to share with you the engraving below by Rev. Thomas Williams in his 1858 landmark work of anthropology, Fiji and the Fijians. I'm...