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LATEST ARTICLES ( 49 )

• Daphne Du Maurier’s Fowey

  

  Fowey is a quintessential Cornish town nestled along the river Fowey, with old cobbled lanes along steep hills meandering between mis-matched and colourful... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dhammapada in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

  

  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a wonderful British comedy based originally on a 2004 book entitled ‘These Foolish Things’ by Deborah Moggach. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Vang Vieng (December 2012)

  

  Vang Vieng is a small town in Laos, four hours north of Vientiane, that has become a backpacker’s haven. A paradise of young drinking idiots afloat down the... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What Does ‘The Road’ Teach Us About Morality?

  

  Do we need religion to understand morality? “The child is my warrant. All I know is that if he is not the word of God, then God never spoke. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Brighton, England

  

  Fortune tellers, fish chips, candy floss, hot fresh donuts, Brighton rock and a fun fair at the bottom; what’s not to like about Brighton Pier? Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Vientiane, Laos (November/December 2012)

  

  Some of my favourite memories in life are of the moments I have spent alone. The few days I spent in Vientiane, the capital of Laos I hardly spoke to anyone... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Simone De Beauvoir: a Prolific Writer

  

  In 2012 the dramatic changes in my life have caused me to re-evaluate this life and my future. For the first time in my life I am what they call a ‘prolific... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Night Train to Vientiane (November 2012)

  

  The Hua Lamphong railway station is the main train station in Bangkok. It is clean and efficient and attended by an overly keen man at the front desk who seems... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Wild Iris: a Study of Death

  

  I have just found out that my best friend when I was a teenager died a few years ago. I had been trying in vain to find her for the past few years and now I kno... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE