Journal

Small is beautiful

The phrase, ‘Small is Beautiful’ comes from a book by E F Schumacher, with that as its title. After its publication in 1973, selling 4 million copies worldwide, his ideas on consumerism became fash...

Patsy Rathbone

There’s a quote that hovers around this ‘Spirit’ personality, Patsy Rathbone MFA. ‘A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.’ It does some justice to the...

Fast train, slow travel

Want to slow down on your travels? One way of getting into the slow mindset – lingering on the views and having hours to strike up unexpected conversations – is by taking the train.

Flower power

Springtime means tulips, right? This spectacular, yet humble, flower simply screams springtime, but do you know why? It’s all down to a chap called Carolus Clusius, a botanist from the sixteenth ce...

On Location... Shanghai

Also known as the Paris of the Orient, Shanghai is China’s biggest and most prosperous city. A pulsing, modern metropolis, its futuristic skyline is continually reaching for the sky, yet it boasts ...