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China coronavirus outbreak: the plague of fear and prejudice could be just as lethal | South China Morning Post
The panicked buying of protective masks and hoarding of food in Hong Kong is a reminder that we should protect ourselves against a contagion of fear, and the rumour-mongering and xenophobic behaviour it triggers — Read on...
Dies irae, dies illa
I feel that I should somehow mark the day we dreaded, and hoped we would not have to face: Brexit Day. I have thought and thought about this post, going around in anguished, frustrated circles, and find that I'm still still seething and incoherent with sadness and...
Voyage of the doomed: the unknown story of the world’s worst maritime disaster | Latest Brexit news and top stories | The New European
I found this article about the 1945 Wilhelm Gustloff disaster gripping. Do read to the end. The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff remains the world's worst ever maritime disaster, yet a little known footnote in the history of the Second World War. RAY KERSHAW explores...
New Year’s Greetings 恭喜发财
Discovery Bay (DB) seems really quiet today. Those who haven't gone away for the holiday weekend seem to be in a state of self-imposed lockdown because of the threat of this new coronavirus from China, and the weather is pretty dingy, so there's virtually no-one on...
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Twelve Drummers drumming
Finally, here we are, the last in this 12 days of Christmas series, a review of 2019 through my eyes. Today's only the 5th of January and 2020 feels old already. I'm feeling quite glum about what's to come and the state of the world and I have more or less run out of...
Ten Lords a-leaping
This morning I had absolutely no idea what to write about for this post. Dear Reader, you might naturally have assumed that this series was all meticulously planned in advance, and some posts have almost written themselves, but I admit that others have been of a more...
Nine Ladies Dancing
I have raved and raved about the Hong Kong Ballet to anyone who'll listen (and a good few who won't) since I've been here, I know that, but being able to see them is one of the things I truly adore about being in Hong Kong and there really aren't that many, if I'm...