Monthly Archives: September 2007

Talk Talk

The Taiwanese are a fiercely independent people, never afraid to wear their collective heart on their sleeve. Generally speaking, they also happen to have a track record of being thoroughly nice to foreigners like me. So I suppose at the … Continue reading

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A Responsible Legacy

Philip Johnson died in January 2005. He was 98. At the time of his death, he was one of the US’s most well recognised architects, responsible for many of that country’s finest structures. What has happened since his death is … Continue reading

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Tick Tock

Whilst world leaders were busy committing to a soft-core in-principle agreement on effective climate management in Sydney, I took the opportunity to escape the security cordons and luke-warm promises to go on a bit of a corporate responsibility crusade myself. … Continue reading

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Lost for Words

The news that Kate and Gerry McCann have been named as suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine has ripped another layer of skin from what is already a very raw and painful story. This weekend I could go nowhere with … Continue reading

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The Limitations of Packaging

Every nation has its collective package holiday destination. For years the English fled to Southern Spain, with the sole aim of getting as sun-burnt as opening hours would allow. The advent of low cost airline carriers broadened their horizons and … Continue reading

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