Renowned Artist Wendy Sharpe – her story

Elise Hawthorne               

Bursting on to the Australian art scene in the mid-1980s, award-winning artist Wendy Sharpe has gone on to stamp her mark in the art world as an artist of high regard, her work held to critical acclaim.  Wendy’s awards, major commissions, prizes, residencies and exhibitions are nearly too numerous to list. Her paintings housed in the collections of prestigious galleries, her works are highly collectable. It is important to note that she […]

Yiga – Travel Made Easy

Elise Hawthorne                    

I’ve known the remarkable
Jaslyn Hall for quite a few years; she is a legend in the music and event
world; her creativity and intelligence never ceases to inspire me. In a word,
Jaslyn is fierce, in the best way possible.

Jaslyn’s
entrepreneurial spirit is now focused on an innovative new travel app. Jaslyn
and co recently launched Yiga, a travel app initially covering the Caribbean
island of Barbados, with future world-wide application in the […]

Because it’s Cool to be Kind

Elise Hawthorne:
A Google search defines kindness as “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate”, which sounds easy enough in theory and Michael Lloyd-White, Chairman, Founding Director, World Kindness Australia, and General Secretary, The World Kindness Movement, is not alone in believing that being kind is also easy in practise.

In 2010, a chance encounter at his daughter’s school led Michael to initiate a World Kindness Week event at the daughter’s school, which led to 400 schools following suit within 12 […]