Here and There – Russia
Here and There – Russia When people write about their parents, they often relate key events during their upbringing, describing the outstanding moments, some [...]
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Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut When I first read Slaughterhouse-Five, way back in the 1970s, I knew almost nothing about postmodernist novels and their importance as a [...]
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Here and There – China – Shanghai
Here and There – China – Shanghai I first went to Shanghai for work in 1998. I had been to China several times before, [...]
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John Updike
John Updike It is always important to know the enemy, and on this occasion the enemy is me. Let’s be clear, I am an [...]
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Here and There – Bermuda
Here and there – Bermuda There are many anomalous places in the world, but Bermuda has to be one of the more unusual. Before [...]
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Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor Tidying up some items in a desk drawer, I found a tin with several old coins inside. I must have put them [...]
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Here and There – Papua New Guinea
Here and There – Papua New Guine I first visited Papua New Guinea at the beginning of the 1980s. Working for Shell, I was [...]
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Peter Singer
Peter Singer Just about every day an expert is happily giving the rest of us advice on what we need to do. The proposal [...]
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Here and There – Eire
Here and There – Éire To someone brought up in England, the west coast of Ireland, Éire, always seemed exotic and different. This was [...]
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Here and There – Singapore
Here and There – Singapore Against my expectations, I was in Singapore recently. I thought I was finished with paid activities, especially working overseas. [...]