Penned by Pip

An Art Review by Pip Goldsbury Photo: John Bisset/Stuff In her latest series, Treasure and Tragedy, Susan Badcock turns storyteller. However, her tales are no happily ever after. Instead they are darkly despairing, raising more questions than answering and reminiscent of Janet Frame’s rubbish dump from Owls Do Cry – a stricken symbol of treasure and tragedy. In an extension of her Road Kill works, Susan continues to photograph and hand colour the corpses of birds. However, in

An Art Review by Pip Goldsbury Vashti Johnstone’s latest exhibition is a profound statement. Spiritually rich, Feral Grace bares the trademarks of Vashti’s seeping painterly style. Animated layers of riotous colour absorb the viewer, while Vashti’s distinctive lettering and dissolving lines are immediately recognisable. However, Feral Grace hits deeper than previous works: a primal experience, a spiritual veneration of nature, a multi-faceted exploration of an entrenched wi

It's no secret I love the informality of summer when we fling open the doors, blurring the lines between inside and out. Read on for my interior design column and a peep into my own back garden... https://ourwayoflife.co.nz/bright-breezy/

It's been two years since our family holiday to the Philippines but it feels like yesterday, especially when I discovered the story I wrote for NZ Life & Leisure is now available online... https://ourwayoflife.co.nz/86899-2/

I was recently lucky enough to get all shook up in Hawera, not only meeting the owner of the Elvis Museum, but also writing about KD's incredible homage to the King of Rock n Roll for NZ Life & Leisure. https://ourwayoflife.co.nz/all-shook-up/

I've always said it's time to get uncomfortable when I'm feeling comfortable - time to challenge myself and do something different. But NEVER, in a million years, did I think that would mean getting in front of a camera! But here we go, my moment in the spotlight for NZ Life & Leisure, talking about my interior design column. https://www.instagram.com/nzlifeandleisure/reel/DQGVefaCaz4/?hl=en

Hit the link for a peep into my latest column! Bold but balanced, think coffee and chocolate this Spring with a few light gins on the side! https://www.facebook.com/thisNZlife/posts/pip-goldsbury-teams-up-with-resene-to-bring-a-fresh-wave-of-spring-inspiration-t/1265379575599276/

I’ve lost track of time but I do know we’re now in the monsoon in Bohol, just a 2.5 hour ferry ride from Siquijor with its sunsets and turtles and fighting cocks and cliff jumps and white coral beaches...a place of pure bliss with something for all of us, whether that's mojitos as the sun goes down or crazy high cliffs to leap off. (It made for a pretty photo but I can assure you I never jumped that high! In fact, scroll to the end and, if you can handle a minute of ridicul

At the turn of last century thousands of elephants roamed Laos, thriving in the heat of this insanely beautiful country. In fact, Laos used to be known as The Land of a Million Elephants. However, humanity hasn't been kind to these gentle giants. Deforestation has stripped away their natural habitats and they've been put to work, living bulldozers heaving the very logs they once fed from and sheltered under, straining instead to meet the needs of man. A demi-god to many,a rev

It’s been ten action packed days since we landed in Thailand, ten days of temples, tuk tuks, cocktails and scooters – but not in that order! We’ve sweated it out in the markets, haggled over anklets, gorged on street food and cooled off in beautiful old colonial hotel pools. There have been jungle walks, dips below waterfalls, local fairs and tendon soup. But now we’ve crossed the border into Laos and we’re on the slow boat to Luang Prabang, two blissful days of forced rela

It's a bit ridiculous, to be perfectly honest. It's barely sparrow's fart and I've been awake for hours, making up lists of things to do when it's all done already! This time tomorrow I'll be on a plane, winging my way somewhere fun for the first time in five long years. I must be excited, but it'd be nice to have slept a little longer. Wrangling the family into some kind of obedience and submission has been wrought with challenge, none more so than the daughter. She only had