What are the best and worst things about Sydney?
BL: When I return from other places around the world, the thing that I’m always reminded about Sydney is that it’s such an easy place to live. I guess that’s also a negative too, ’cause it can probably be sometimes a little bit too easy to live in the city. Some would say it’s glamorous and seductive — shamefully, shamefully seductive. TS: How do daytime and night time Sydney differ? BL: In the daytime, Sydney’s lively and fun and brash and colorful. Then at night you start to learn there’s another side to it. That’s the deeper Sydney — a little bit more mysterious, a bit more surprising, and a little bit more exotic, actually. Sydney at night has an entirely different tone. It’s surely the great party town. The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it. If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks. TS: If Sydney were a person, what would it be like? BL: Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it