I am not immune to being manipulated by algorithms. In as many months, I have ended up watching my third Korean drama, My Mister, after crime thriller Signal (good) and romantic comedy What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim? (silly), on Netflix.…
In the first chapter of her book Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert writes about courage. Her notion of ‘creative living’ is “living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.” There are plenty of reasonable and unreasonable things…
I spent some time last month reading two graphic novels, Burmese Moons by Sophie Ansel and Sam Garcia and Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle, to a sobering realisation of how little I know of Burma. I recommend reading Burmese Moons…
There are some books that you know instinctively not to read out loud to anyone. There needs to be a conversation between the author and you, but mainly it is a conversation you need to have with yourself. Presumably, you…
Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton (or Percy Pickwick in German editions) is your quintessential British detective. Retired from MI5, he now lives with his (I counted six) cats and housekeeper Ms. Partridge when he is not fulfilling his duties as…