In Pursuit of Happiness: Learning from Tom, Dick and Harry
Despite the hype about New Year being a time to celebrate there is something about the end of a year...
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Festive Feasting
If you’re yearning for a festive feast with all the trimmings but you lack the inclination to cook at home,...
Forbidden Love Part 3 – Girls Will Have Fun
“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.” Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus, Erotica 1977. When it comes...
UFC Comes to Asia ? Macau, 10th November, 2012
It’s quite surprising how many people don’t know what the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is considering it is the world’s...
Beyond The Fringe
The first Jakarta International Fringe Festival is over and what a week it was! Bill Bailey was in town with...
Get Fit for NYE!
If you have not noticed we have 6 weeks to NYE so put down the cupcake and pick up the...
Support Your Local Team
We’ve all seen them. Dickensian scamps clad in orange t shirts, scarves and joker hats hanging perilously on the roof...
Bali on the World’ Circuit
Bali is famous for its sports. Thrill-seekers from around the world flock to the tropical paradise for its surfing, white...
Art & Forbidden Fruit in Bali: Part Two
The prominent role of gay expatriate artists in Bali before the Second World War must have deeply disturbed some members...
Andrea Angelique: Medium and Tarot Master
When she was eight, a group of curious girls gathered around Andrea Angelique as she put her hands on the...
John Marciano
Meet John Marciano, founder of the Republic of Soap – a holistic approach to creating products reminiscent of a bygone...
Pablo Gentile
Meet Pablo Gentile. A gutsy American artist who moved to Bali in the 80s to breathe art and live within...
Made Raditya Rondi – Bali’s Own Surfing Champion
Sitting in his family’s restaurant called Goku tucked just back from Kuta Beach on Jalan Benesari, the soft spoken Made...
Paul Ropp
Meet Paul Ropp. The visionary, the renaissance man and the revolutionary designer. Paul Ropp, you were a major figure in...
Art and Forbidden Fruit in Bali
Part One – Straight Men The artist needs his muse they say. The qualifications for the job are complex and...
World No. 3 Luke Donald Plays Mizuno Irons!
Welcome back golfers! Ladies and Gentlemen, the holiday season is fast approaching. Let us take a moment and explore a...
A Memorable Face Jakarta
What are the things you look for when choosing a venue for a dinner date? Good food, possibly to share...
Jakarta Set to Hold First International Fringe Festival
The performing arts and entertainment scene in Indonesia is set to enter a new era in November with the launch...
Jakartans Get a Bum Deal…
To celebrate World Toilet Day* (http://toiletday.org/about/), which is held on November 19th every year, I’ve tried to get to the...
Chris Salans of Mozaic Restaurant
Few fine dining venues in Bali have distinguished themselves with such flair and inspiration as Ubud’s award-winning Mozaic Restaurant...
Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2012: International Poetry Slam!
In Quantum mechanics, water forms nice shapes for nice words and bad shapes for bad words. Our thoughts shape the...