nelson mandela & fw de klerk
On my first trip back to South Africa since the 2010 World Cup, I am enjoying the pulsating city of Johannesburg. There is a real energy here, vibrant and captivating. Despite the occasional rain induced pot-holed roads, you feel that this is a country where people strive for the maximum from life, have an urge […]
my phuket
I have a place i go when my tolerance levels reach meltdown. It is a small place in the south of one of my favourite islands, Phuket. My place is cozy and spiritual. There are no breathtaking sea views or infinity pools but it is mine and i am happy here. On entering the small […]
my berlin | extracts from my summer journal
Slept well; no palpitations. …..Aha, 2 glasses of red only. Well, condemned to a life of restrained intake may not be such a bad thing.
life gifts
Time brings an opportunity to remember and be grateful for those who gave you special gifts in life. Mentors, lovers, friends or those who touched you with inspirational words, moments or ideas.
i’ll pay you cash!
A funny story taken from the new bkp media group history documentary
can speak thai little?
I am in Thailand, a country I enjoy and where I come to unwind, play golf and soak up the graciousness and laughter of the ever friendly and tolerant Thai people. I am finding now that my rudimentary Thai that I have been attempting to learn is just starting to give me some small but […]
geckoes
‘Any of various usually small tropical and subtropical lizards of the family Gekkonidae, having toes padded with setae containing numerous suction cups that enable them to climb on vertical surfaces.’ I sit in my house and watch a gecko stalking its prey on the wall of my living room. I do this for no particular […]
being 40
Today, one of my special friends is forty. She is not here physically, but she is here in my thoughts, in the action of my raised glass, my quiet whispering smile and of course, in my heart, always. Being forty is somehow a watershed life-mark. Still young and yet not so young as to be […]
rio
You go somewhere to experience something that has been in your dreams for as far back as you can remember. One of those essential must do things on your life’s unfinished canvas. you experience a sense of mounting excitement and expectation as the plane begins its descent and then ….. You fall in love, hopelessly, […]
the joy of women
I am flying on The A380 to New York and thinking about women. Or, more specifically, how extraordinary my life’s journey has been with regard to women. How so much of the collective sum of my varied and unusual circle of experience has been fired, influenced or absolutely determined by the role of women in […]