/ 02 February 2024

Luggage advice, The Greatest Night in Pop, and any plums will do

airport taxi. passenger with big roller luggage standing on the line waiting for taxi queue at taxi parking lot at airport arrival terminal
airport taxi. passenger with big roller luggage standing on the line waiting for taxi queue at taxi parking lot at airport arrival terminal

Now that you’re back from holidays (or maybe you’re dying to plan one because you didn’t get much of a break), this is some timely/practical advice on luggage from a career hotel porter. The line that drew us in: “Expensive, brand-name luggage? One question – why?”

Longtime Squizers know we’re 80s music tragics, and We Are The World – a song recorded in 1985 by America’s singing stars to raise money for food relief in Africa – is iconic. This week, the doco The Greatest Night in Pop on the making of that song came out on Netflix. It’s super entertaining. 

This might appeal to you if you’re lucky enough to have a plum tree near you. And even if you have to buy ’em, this gingery plum cake is a guaranteed showstopper. You don’t even need a mixmaster to whip it up…

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