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 concerned about my welfare. Here ...

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

The Hindu festival of Diwali ended in Fiji a week ago. What is the principal ingredient of the mouth-watering sweets made, given and consumed then? No prizes...

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

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 sport that unites Fij...

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

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. sacrificed his life to save...

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

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

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 sure you'll agree t...

Whatever your weather, you'll want more of this soup! It's hardly surprising that many traditional Fiji ingredients come from that well-stocked larder, the s...

What's different in Fiji? In the scatter of islands which make up Fiji, the indigenous Fijian majority share a deep Christian faith, so Christmas is a religi...

Why is my sweet tooth nagging a little now it's November? No, it's not a Hallowe'en hangover, but anticipation of Diwali, the annual five-day Hindu festival ...

In the wake of the August release of Death by Tradition, my second Fiji Islands Mystery, several of you have told me that Fiji is now top of your overseas ho...

In the last few weeks, I've been humbled by the generosity of readers who volunteered to read an advance proof of Death by Tradition, the second Fiji Islands...

How did a respectable Bostonian lady come to be living in a Fijian village in the 1840s? These were violent years of inter-tribal wars, when sailing ships br...