No matter how old I become, when I think of myself in relation to the people I went to school with, I still see us all as idiotic 17-year-olds. It’s only with hindsight that you really appreciate how clueless you were as a teenager and how wise your parents and teachers were. I still try and find out what the …

I once fare-dodged my way from Bath to London. My friend Elliot and I spent several hours hopping on and off trains, hiding in toilets, and using our cellphones to outwit the ticket conductor. It was one of the most terrifying experiences of my early life. There’s an age-old rumour that if you stay out of the UK for seven …

As I’m in a charitable mood, here is my final roundup of blogs that helped me out during my request for guest posting. I think there are still a couple more blogs that offered to let me write a post, but I haven’t got round to those ones yet. These are four blogs that will make your life better if …

East Timor’s hope of Olympic glory in Beijing was dashed on Sunday when Mariana Dias Ximenes, 25, failed to finish in the women’s marathon. The backbreaking course took athletes from Tiananmen Square to the National Stadium for a grand finish, but Dias Ximenes made it just over halfway when an injured foot forced her to retire. Dias Ximenes was East …

There are more writers in Thailand and more writers who write about Thailand than there are Top Charoen Optical stores around the nation. For a writer to stand out from the crowd, he has to have paid his dues. The writers I've chosen to highlight here cover a variety of styles and niches, from travel and lifestyle to hard news …

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