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• Rice Cake Caveat Emptor

  

  Food in America blows my mind. Every time. I expect giant portions, food deserts (more on that soon), and the addition of high-fructose corn syrup to bloody... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Taste of Burma

  Just nine more days till Myanmar and my excitement is ratcheting up at an unhealthy pace. It leapt several notches rereading Josceline Dimbleby’s sublime... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• UK Puts India Rape Statistics to Shame

  

  Violence against women in India is big news, thanks to heavy coverage of the 16 December 2012 rape and murder of a student in New Delhi. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Irrawaddy Literary Festival Latest News

  

  Aung San Suu Kyi was the leading dignitary at a press conference in Yangon this morning to launch the Irrawaddy Literary Festival, which takes place 1-3... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Burma Independence Day

  

  Today is Burma’s Independence Day, marking the end of British colonial rule in 1948. Aung San Suu Kyi, whose father Aung San was the primary architect of Burmes... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Inspired By… Miss Crofton

  

  Inspired by… steps inside the world of creators to find out what stirs their imagination. Lingerie, like the first move in a romance should be flirtatious,... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 CULTURE, CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Welfare to Work Doesn’t Work

  

  My blood pressure creeps up a couple more digits with every headline about benefits scroungers and “getting Britain back to work”. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Unequal Pay for Equal Work

  

  Thanks to Learn Stuff for this infographic about the gender wage gap in the United States. Share this:FacebookEmailStumbleUponTwitterLike this:LikeBe the first... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER, CULTURE, DEBATE

• Shea Alchemy – Beauty in the Making

  

  If you’re looking for a beautiful handmade gift for Christmas look no further than the artfully arranged tins with Crayola-coloured labels that decorate the She... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 HAIR & BEAUTY, LIFESTYLE

• Orwell – Why I Write

  

  Whenever I start to lose touch with the joy of writing I go back to George Orwell’s magnificent essay, Why I Write. It never fails to inspire. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Political Activist Lawyers Regain Licences in Burma

  Good news from Burma: The Irrawaddy writes that the Myanmar government has returned the licences of leading lawyers who had been barred from practicing for... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Aung San Suu Kyi: Freedom from Fear

  

  The Irrawaddy Literary Festival promises to be a seminal moment for Burma — a chance to assert its heritage of literature, culture and intellect. What... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Amico Bio Vegetarian Italian Restaurant Review

  

  Love is rarely convenient and I can see where this new infatuation is headed. I’ll be hanging around unfamiliar parts of town, feasting, laughing, drinking too... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK, VEGETARIAN & VEGAN

• New UK Squatter Law Makes It a Crime to Be Poor

  

  Just in case I was in any doubt about where I would rather live: The UK has just made squatting a crime punishable by six months in prison, which is nothing les... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Beer, Billiards and Burmese Royalty

  

  Before the British seized control of Burma in 1885 the country was ruled by kings who, like all royalty, managed to squeeze a bit of fun into the official... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 CULTURE

• What To Do and Not Do In Burma / Myanmar

  

  An up-to-the-minute guide on how to avoid putting your foot in your mouth — or too near a statue of the Buddha — when traveling in Myanmar. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Burma Conflict Update

  

  U Aung KyiToday’s Hindu Times has an interview with Burma’s Minister of Information U Aung Kyi regarding the violence in Rakhine. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Violence In Burma

  

  The day I decided to cover the Irrawaddy Literary Festival in Yangon (Rangoon) the BBC reported that 64 people had been killed in Burma’s western state of... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Irrawaddy Literary Festival

  

  The Irrawaddy Literary Festival flashed up on my radar yesterday.What? Burma / Mayanmar’s first ever English language literary festival.When? 1-3 February,... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, SOCIETY

• Find What You’re Looking For

  

  Being goal-orientated is fine and well — except it’s easy to get to looking so hard for one thing that you start to miss the multitude of opportunities right... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 CULTURE, DEBATE, SOCIETY