Generally I’m the sort of person who needs to know a bit about a place before going. The Maldives and other paradise holiday destinations like Thailand, Singapore, Egypt, Israel, India all have various ways of disrespecting people’s human rights. Dubai is built on...
Seoul journey
Potted history, distilled culture I’m not quite sure what my preconceptions of South Korea were. Perhaps I still remember 1987 news footage of tear gas and pro-democracy rioting against an authoritarian government. Perhaps the phrase “Korean War” had made me look a...
Flashpoint fashion
We visited the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea today. A blogpost will follow when I’ve had time to consider how best to communicate my copious thoughts. Among the poignant symbols commemorating the continuing division of a previously-colonised...
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Cambodian sadness
Generally I’m the sort of person who needs to know a bit about a place before going. The Maldives and other paradise holiday destinations like Thailand, Singapore, Egypt, Israel, India all have various ways of disrespecting people’s human rights. Dubai is built on...
Seoul journey
Potted history, distilled culture I’m not quite sure what my preconceptions of South Korea were. Perhaps I still remember 1987 news footage of tear gas and pro-democracy rioting against an authoritarian government. Perhaps the phrase “Korean War” had made me look a...
Flashpoint fashion
We visited the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea today. A blogpost will follow when I’ve had time to consider how best to communicate my copious thoughts. Among the poignant symbols commemorating the continuing division of a previously-colonised...
Rehearsal in a circle
Weekly choir rehearsal wan’t very well attended last night after the Easter break, which was a pity because it took a novel turn. We filed in to in to sit in our normal places in rows some way away from the Choir Director, me in my normal outsider’s place at the end...
Cambodian sadness
Generally I’m the sort of person who needs to know a bit about a place before going. The Maldives and other paradise holiday destinations like Thailand, Singapore, Egypt, Israel, India all have various ways of disrespecting people’s human rights. Dubai is built on...
Seoul journey
Potted history, distilled culture I’m not quite sure what my preconceptions of South Korea were. Perhaps I still remember 1987 news footage of tear gas and pro-democracy rioting against an authoritarian government. Perhaps the phrase “Korean War” had made me look a...
Flashpoint fashion
We visited the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea today. A blogpost will follow when I’ve had time to consider how best to communicate my copious thoughts. Among the poignant symbols commemorating the continuing division of a previously-colonised...
Rehearsal in a circle
Weekly choir rehearsal wan’t very well attended last night after the Easter break, which was a pity because it took a novel turn. We filed in to in to sit in our normal places in rows some way away from the Choir Director, me in my normal outsider’s place at the end...
Van Gogh Alive exhibition
Our visit to the Van Gogh Alive exhibition coincided with a Red Thunderstorm warning and a darkening of skies inside and out. The multimedia presentation of slides and images to illustrate the different styles the artist used at different stages in his life was...
Questions at a bedside
I did not bring my proper camera for this visit to see my mum. I knew it would be a difficult one, unexplored territory. My mum is currently confined to her bed in her sunny little room at Dignity Lifestyle, having fallen as she toddled between sofa and wheelchair on...
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