cculture Keep reading > Babel, or how not to write yourself into your novel26 March 2023 In many ways, R.F. Kuang’s Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History seemed a novel written…
cculture Keep reading > Books I read in 202211 December 2022 The best of what I read in 2022, in the order in which I read them. Gilead –…
cculture Keep reading > The books that changed my life24 November 2021 I’ve always been a bit of a bookworm. More than a way to pass the time or learn…
cculture Keep reading > Things I read in 202026 December 2020 I know I sound snooty when I say I read more than I watch Netflix, but it’s true.…
ffaith Keep reading > Brutality and humanity: a book you won’t want to, but should, read20 April 2020 Early inspiration I suppose that every writer, whether professional or amateur, has work from their past that they’re…
cculture Keep reading > Incidentally Asian: why I have mixed feelings about Always Be My Maybe10 February 2020 Crazy Rich Asians and Always Be My Maybe both caused quite a stir. The films have a lot in common, but also some significant differences, primarily around the role of Asian culture in the lives of their Asian protagonists.
ttravel Keep reading > No chocolate fix at Sweet Addiction17 June 2016 Question: What does a $14 million state-of-the-art glasshouse and a $15 entry ticket to the new Sweet Addiction chocolate…