During my visit to China this past summer I attended a concert of the Chinese Military Police Men’s Chorus ( (中国武警男声合唱团)at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (国家大剧院)in Beijing. I decided to attend this particular concert partly because I… Read More ›
Travel
The Beijing Home of Soong Qing-ling
During a visit to Beijing this July, I visited the former home of Soong Qing-ling (宋庆龄故居)on the eastern side of Houhai Lake, not far from the Forbidden City. Soong Qing-ling was one of three sisters of a wealthy Chinese banker,… Read More ›
Medical Museums in London
London has so many museums that it is possible to separate them into categories. The most interesting category for me (apart from the British Museum, which is in a category of its own) is that of the medical museums. I… Read More ›
The Magical Combination of Public Transport and IT
I have long believed that technology is most effective when it helps us to do the things we have always done, better and more efficiently. This is obviously the case for readers, with newspapers, magazines and books now being easily… Read More ›
A Visit to Limoges
I recently visited Limoges in the Limousin region of France, for the first time, and would highly recommend it to anyone who has not yet visited. Limoges is a city of around 140,000 people, located in west central France, about… Read More ›