“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“Fall down seven times, get up eight…” Japanese proverb In 1664, Thomas Willis published his treatise De Cerebri Anatomie. He had some decent help, renown architect Christopher Wren did the illustrations. One of his key elements was the description of the Anterior Communicating Artery, it is labelled E if you zoom in. This completed the… Read more

“A sister is both your mirror and your opposite…” Elizabeth Fischel In 1971 the New Zealand High Commissioner was hosted for lunch by the Lord Major of Adelaide. Somewhere over the meal and probably after a few wines, an idea was hatched. Why not make Adelaide and Christchurch, reasonably comparable cities in many ways, sisters.… Read more