The turkey shoot in Gaza
Only a small number have managed survival beyond retirement age In April 1919, at Amritsar in the Punjab, a rifle detachment of sepoys of the British Indian Army fired 1,650
Safe and supported when being ‘imported’
Quite frankly, my recent attempts to engage with new arrivals about the reality of integration and the darker sides of migration have fallen on deaf, indifferent and even slightly offended
Thread lightly
This woman was not just an eye-brow specialist – she was a brow whisperer Let me tell you about my brush with the Brow Queen. Who am I talking about?
A fast track to slow (and sustainable) tourism?
Gird your loins for yet another well-intentioned suggestion from a foreigner. And I say this, well aware of the sometimes grating, gratitude-driven exuberance of integration-aware estrangeiros, who start by implying that
Nine lives
It all began with a stare. Not a friendly one, mind you, but the kind that makes the hair at the back of your neck stand in sheer fright. A
Get back on ‘The Grid’
There’s definitely a top note of Marmite with this week’s cogitation. Some are going to love it, others hate it, and with few, I dare say, in between – just
Double trouble
When your husband has spent most of his life in tailored suits, moving discreetly between boardrooms across 10 different countries, his persona is not associated with birthday fireworks. None at
“Euthanasia: the right to die with dignity” – revisiting an important topic
It is now required of the legislative lawyers for the vocabulary of death to be examined once again My last essay with this title appeared in the Resident on December
That should never have happened
Whatever that was, and I suspect we will never know the true cause, it should never have happened. And yet, I predict it will happen again. That which I speak
The No-Factor
Let me begin with a confession: I have the assertiveness of a mildly apologetic Buddhist monk when it comes to saying “no”. No, really! Ask me to water your 56