“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

-34.866109, 138.751646 John Hanning Speke was a commissioned officer in the army of the East India Company. In July 1860 he was ordered on his third expedition into Northern Africa to locate the source of the River Nile, and perhaps a commercially important inland sea. Two years later on July 21st 1862, when he reached… Read more

“Airports are emotionally unique landscapes…” Douglas Adams I used to be a terrible flyer, but now I am pretty average in terms of anxiety levels. How did I achieve this? Well firstly B-blockers, and secondly improved knowledge. Landing is the most risky phase of flight, so information about how to safely approach an airport is… Read more