South Africa has been a bit of everything…in extremes. Of course there is the country’s fascinating history, of black and white, of pride and shame. And as in other countries, evidence of extravagance...
When we arrived in Kampot the home of the world famous(?) green Kampot pepper strains we were greeted by a small community town full of character and roads lined with rundown colonial buildings of a...
The cryo-vracking phenomenon started 25 years ago, invented by the French chef Georges Pralus. It’s a cooking method that allows us to preserve all the qualities of a product and to greatly extend its period...
This year, a thousand people attended the 2010 Tudou Video Festival, which was held in an arts complex in Beijing, China.
It mixed the Oscars with a little bit of Sundance and Cannes combined. In a...
At this weekend's BizTechDay in San Francisco, women leaders join the conversation and the stage. They range from business leaders, elites and investors to journalists, CEOs and media personalities. Below are ten amazing women BizTechDay says you should...
Nagano is cold in winter. Ok that’s not strictly true. Nagano is in fact, absolutely, bloody, freezing in winter, which perhaps explains the presence of a Winter Olympics here. It’s not Hokkaido but frankly it’s...
In mid-October, New Yorkers experienced a Vienna Opera Ball minus the tux and diamonds. See below for a snapshot of Dance Austria at its best. It was a 'big Austrian' waltz at New York's Lincoln...
I was pleased to be invited to Jack Porter's monthly salon "Big Think" on Thursday evening. It attracts a fascinating group of people.
Mr. Porter is CEO of Forward Innovations, a consultancy that helps large companies...
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