Incredible India indeed. Mumbai we will never forget you. Mumbai we will return. To our hosts, friends and mentors of the past few days, we say thank you.
Airports
Marvelling at the new gateway of India
One of Mumbai’s most famous attractions is The Gateway of India, not far from my hotel. Maybe the guide books should be changed to say there are now two must-see gateways.
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Miscellaneous
Growing gorgeous in time for The Trinity Forum
All you have to do is take two teaspoons a day. And while I find it has added a certain residual sweetness to my Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, I am expecting a barrage of compliments.
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Big, bold and beautiful: Heinemann makes a stylish arrival in Oslo
The great Italian winemaker Masi must love this place – there seems to be more Masi wine here than in the whole of Verona.
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Events
On a spiritual sprauchle as the whisky river calls me away
And me, I feel reborn. I’ll be back for a spiritual sprauchle to this magical place as soon as I can. I can already hear the call of the whisky river.
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People
What price an investigation after the saddest of stories?
Anyone who has lost someone close to suicide (and I speak with experience here) will know the unbearably hollow sadness felt by those left behind.
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Why a Penguin will beat a Pokémon every time (in my book)
Perhaps there is hope after all for literature; perhaps our children’s children will once more turn to Pasternakm Pynchon, Proulx (E. Annie) or Poe rather than Pokémon; Salinger, Shakespeare or Steinbeck rather than Super Mario.
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Miscellaneous
A Michelin-star experience in Hong Kong for a McDonald’s price
You’re gruffly told to sit at a long bench table where you’re squeezed in between strangers so closely that you can hear each slurp of noodle, each munch of dim sum, each bite of pig’s liver. It’s hot, crowded, noisy. Sounds awful? No, it’s magical.
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People
Taking a leaf out of a little girl’s book
There are nine people in shot. Eight of them are using mobile devices. Four of them are wearing earphones, grimly. All but one look as though they are attending a funeral.
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Hermès takes the art of the shop window to giddying new heights in Hong Kong
It’s retail as art. Welcome to the beguiling world of French artist Lilian Daubisse, who has created a spellbinding shop window and stand-alone display to celebrate the Hermès opening at Hong Kong International Airport.
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A divine kind of payback at Dubai Duty Free
When your luck is in, it’s really in. News reaches us via Dubai Duty Free of an Indian traveller and shopper who hit not one, but two jackpots last week. One involved no cash but a far greater prize – his life.
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People
Farewell to Duncan Lawley
Duncan gave it his best but ultimately some fights are not winnable, some mountains cannot be climbed.
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Miscellaneous
Remembering the horrors of war in Ho Chi Minh City
These are not comfortable images and nor should they be. Taken by some of the world’s bravest photo-journalists (many of whom died in the conflict), they tell this terrible tale of the horror of war better than any words ever will.