When Sir Reginald Pomp declared he was hosting a housewarming at his new ‘modest’ home on the Mornington Peninsula, the billionaire echelons were abuzz with intrigue. For in their world, the idea of simplicity was as foreign as a life without caviar. Guests in haute couture streamed into Sir Reginald’s residence, prepared for a quiet […]

I ducked as another pipe began to rattle somewhere above me but, luckily, this one didn’t blow. ‘What’s going on down there?’ my roommate Mia called into the dark hole I’d crawled into. ‘Fixed it yet?’ ‘No,’ I growled back at her, ‘not yet. Maybe if you helped?’ ‘How could I help?’ she frowned. ‘I’m […]