Aussie food

One of the things I missed about "home" when I first moved to London many years ago was Aussie food. For the first few years, I'd plead with my parents to send me parcels containing cherry ripes, milo bars, violet crumbles and more.

Then I discovered the Australia Shop in London. An aladdin's cave of Aussie confectionery, biscuits, snacks and jams. It kept me going for years.

And now I see that TNT magazine has also opened an online shop selling Aussie food. Neither of the shops are cheap but then what do you expect when the stuff has to be air freighted half way around the world.

But at least they are there for when I get homesick moments and crave twisties, cheezles and........ no, I best stop now.

A little Hidden London

There are loads of places in London which tourists would probably love to see - if they knew they existed.

One of my favourites is Postmans Park, at the Barbican. Lots of memorials to civilians who have lost their lives whilst performing heroic acts. Fishing people out of rivers, pushing them out of the way of trams and runaway horses - that sort of thing. Its near the Museum of London, a little hidden away down from Barts' Hospital.

Well worth a visit.

Another place that I never even knew existed until recently is Cross Bones graveyard. This final resting place for Bankside's medieval prostitutes has become a shrine to the nameless poor. Its on Redcross Way, near the corner of Union Street, which runs off Borough High street near Borough tube station.