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 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...

For the last few weeks, I've been writing an article about a beautiful Sydney house known locally as Ashfield Castle. It has involved way more time, research...

First-time visitors to Fiji may be a little surprised at first to see men in skirts, but not for long. Before they even leave the airport, they will notice a...

It's 28th February - just in time to keep my vow to write a new post every month in 2018. Whew! Vinaka (thanks) to readers who told me they liked my last pos...

Fijians love a feast! Readers of Death on Paradise Island have told me they enjoyed hearing about Fijian food. One said she couldn't wait to visit Fiji to ta...