Workshop: Cultural Understanding for a Global Future

On Friday, I attended the two-hour workshop ‘Cultural Understanding for a Global Future’ run by Jo Bloxham from the independent … More

Exhibition: ‘The Chinese Typewriter’ at Stanford University

Time to feed my love of typewriters, harking back to my father’s 1966 Adler (shown below), which I hold precious … More

The main reason I have (been lucky enough to) come to Asia, is for the continuing AHRC funded project ‘Culture, Capital … More

During my two-hour (still wasn’t long enough) catch up with friend and artist Morgan Wong in his studio, he said I … More

Time for the write-up of the final episode of the three-part documentary ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2. I … More

Tuesday evening and time for episode two of the three-part documentary ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2. I discussed … More

Tuesday evening and for once I watched TV (I never usually watch TV and am not particularly fond of them … More

Mandarin, Chinese, is my weight on my shoulders…the language I wish I knew inside out, the dialect I wish I … More

Earlier on in the year, I was invited by Dr. Heather Connelly to present as part of the 4-day symposium … More

Back to compiling my Weekend Reads again (read parts one to four here)…a round-up of articles and words that I’ve come across … More