A few years ago when you visited Kuching, Sarawak, you didn’t have much choice as to where to stay.There were the international chain hotels – Holiday Inn or Hilton and now the Pullman and Four Points – and a few local hotels, and not much of anything else that was interesting or with the kind [...]

Just completed the book “The Little Bookstore at Big Stone Gap”and I think it should be compulsory reading for every retailer – whether you’re selling travel, books, music or anything that’s been commoditized by the Internet.Billed as “a memoir of friendship, community and the uncommon [...]

I was reading an article the other day about development work being done on a tablet that looks and feels like paper, and I couldn’t help but think, isn’t it interesting – the more advanced we get, the more we yearn for simple, or the way it used to be.We spent most of the last decade trying t [...]

From the moment I stepped in the door, I felt at home. From below stairs, I could hear the strains of “Jive Talking” and a woman’s voice attempting to sing in unison. I sing a lot at home too albeit not to Bee Gees – I am not that brave.The smells of the house reminded me of my friend’s fl [...]