Turning black and blue in the City of Light

Black meets blue, the very same colours that the players’ bodies will bear after what will no doubt be a fearsomely physical encounter.

Get your KIX on route 56 (84)

In fact the greatest threat to air safety on this flight might be being hit by a shopping bag as the passengers alight. Still, look on the bright side. It would be an appropriate way for me to go.

Meeting a guardian angel called Maki at Tokyo Station

For a moment prospects of recovering my laptop seemed between slim and none. And slim, like my train, had just left town.

Discovering Malin+Goetz – difficult to pronounce, easy to use

“What attracted me to the brand is that our customer is someone who is not a beauty junkie, per se, they actually want to really experience life.”

Exploring new dimensions at a DFS masterclass

“Beauty is a big, exciting space to play on. So many brands, so much newness happening.” But it’s what you do with that space and those brands that counts and not for the first time DFS has put on a masterclass.

Promotions

July 23, 2023

How CDF created a new style of duty free gift-rapping

Hey presto, like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, with the adept deployment of a strategically placed dot CDFG created Dottie as an emblem of its world-class shopping offer.

Events

June 10, 2023

Creating unforgettable memories with Maison Margiela

Chris Lee, delicate, almost bird-like in her androgynous beauty, was the star of the show, generating a rapturous reaction from hundreds of fans gathered for the event launch.

Travel

June 8, 2023

How my encounter with Keanu Reeves passed by in a blur

And so my readers will just have to take my word for it and my colleague stay with her husband. Yes, I did meet, chat and have my photo taken with Keanu Reeves. But like my life in general, the moment passed by in a blur.

Events

May 17, 2023

Home away from home in Hong Kong and reflections on the Singapore show

I can see our apartment but two red lines on a testing kit have been ensuring I cannot actually enter it since my return from France on Monday.

Events

May 5, 2023

Buzzing like Korsakov’s bumblebee in Singapore

It’s great to be back in a city that shares the same nocturnal habits as my website.

Events

April 21, 2023

Duty free but not free of duty in Taiwan

The sense of national and social duty, fundamental to the company’s ethos of the last 28 years, has never burned more brightly nor more urgently.

Events

April 17, 2023

High times in Haikou

Talk about ‘The website that never sleeps’; this week it has never looked like getting a single wink.

Travel

April 8, 2023

Humming in Hong Kong and riding the waves in Wanning

I have written so many words about this beautiful island province since the pandemic began and to be unable to visit due to the crisis has been an immense professional frustration. Now the waiting is over.

Events