Returning to Australia, remade
Returning to Australia a few years after my last visit, I am amazed at the speed with which…
You can Check Out, But Never Leave: The Four Seasons, the best hotel in Jakarta
I have three loves in my working life. One, obviously, is work itself. The other is flying, which…
The friend next door
I am back in Kuala Lumpur after two terribly disruptive Covid years. The sense of deja vu that…
Don’t Chicken Out, Singapore
I am astonished by the furore over the absence of fresh chicken in Singapore markets. Is chicken an…
Up in the Air, but not with George Clooney How can you say No to a Kebaya Girl?
As a frequent flier, an existential status restored to me after the coronavirus pandemic, I recently got to…
My parents, your parents, our parents
My parents will be celebrating 63 years of marriage next month. That coming milestone made me think. What…
Return to America
I think I know why the United States of America is likely to remain the greatest of powers,…
Back in the skies
After more than two years in the doldrum, I did something extraordinary. I flew.It was a short flight,…
Is Putin another Hitler?
Germany’s Adolf Hitler has been incarnated in Russia’s Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. The world beware. The Holocaust Encyclopaedia, a…