Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head. – Jasper Fforde

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Open Letter to Theresa May (MP): How to alienate your voters

Dear Theresa May, I was very disheartened to read about your proposals at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/10/tories-nasty-party-immigration-families and http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/10/theresa-may-human-rights-lawyers Both my wife & I work very hard running our business in Taiwan, and have done so for many years. We have never sponged off the state; and my wife has worked ever since she left high school. I…

Vietnamese Coffee

Vietnamese coffee may not be much of a treat if you’re feeling depressed or suffering from ‘the blues’ but I swear a little quality Vietnamese coffee will really cheer you: it’s either the sugar in the condensed milk, or the hazlenut flavored coffee that wafts out of the unique coffee plunger. I’m not sure which,…