Happy birthday, Fiona

June 23, 2026
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photographer EMILY STOCKER

writer CHRIS CHAMPION


Our favourite epicurean and food writer, Fiona Stocker, recently celebrated what she called a “milestone birthday”. Like many intelligent, confident, sophisticated people, Fiona is coy about stating her age, so we’re not sure if the milestone was her 20th or her 21st.

Celebratory activities included travel to childhood haunts, which in the case of Fiona Stocker means the Lake District National Park in England, where she is pictured. Clearly, purple hiking boots are in this season, but it’s unclear why Fiona felt the need to visit childhood haunts when her childhood was so recent.

Chris Champion

Chris Champion is the editor of Forty South Tasmania and a director of Forty South Publishing. He has worked as an editor and writer in Australia and Asia for more than 50 years.

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