B.M. AllsoppAug 14, 20233 min readSuva's ruin restored: the historic Grand Pacific HotelWhen I first moved to Suva twenty years ago, my husband and I prowled around an abandoned waterfront site fenced off with cyclone wire.
B.M. AllsoppMay 7, 20233 min readFiji and King Charles' coronationWere you invited to the coronation of King Charles III yesterday? Neither was I, but quite a number of Fijians were. Starting at the top,...
B.M. AllsoppSep 15, 20224 min readQueen Elizabeth and FijiAs I watched the Queen's flag-draped coffin arrive in Edinburgh, I recognised a Fijian among the pallbearers.