Digital Media Code – an interview with Dialogue TV (Hong Kong)

A rather prophetic interview with Dialogue TV discussing the then not yet finalised Digital Media Code. (Disregard the video image – different story, same program.) Related reading:Pay The Bully? Townsville paper hits peak nasty as Rupert Murdoch demands...

Humankind: A Hopeful History

author: Rutger Bregman name: Kim average rating: 4.45 book published: 2019 rating: 0 read at: 2020/12/02 date added: 2020/12/02 shelves:...

The Dictionary of Lost Words

author: Pip Williams name: Kim average rating: 4.43 book published: 2020 rating: 0 read at: 2020/12/02 date added: 2020/12/02 shelves:...

The Burning Island

author: Jock Serong name: Kim average rating: 4.22 book published: 2020 rating: 4 read at: 2020/11/28 date added: 2020/11/28 shelves: review: Jock Serong doesn’t disappoint, but…A fascinating story well told, much of it feels authentic and is well researched....

A Gentleman in Moscow

author: Amor Towles name: Kim average rating: 4.35 book published: 2016 rating: 5 read at: 2020/10/10 date added: 2020/10/11 shelves: review: A brilliant book on every levelsA story that keeps surprising, told with insight, passion and humour, but above all with an...

The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge #0)

author: Ken Follett name: Kim average rating: 4.52 book published: 2020 rating: 5 read at: 2020/09/19 date added: 2020/09/19 shelves: review: Another thrilling read by the master of historical fictionIt is hard for any writer to measure up to previous success. Pillars...

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

author: Hisham Matar name: Kim average rating: 4.15 book published: 2016 rating: 4 read at: 2020/05/23 date added: 2020/05/23 shelves: review: Not an easy read, but you shouldA journey few of us can really understand, but I suspect those who have experienced loss the...
Bali and the coronoavirus – what comes next?

Bali and the coronoavirus – what comes next?

The Bali economy is in dire straits but the hospitals are not overflowing and morgues reporting business as usual. Is it luck? Are the statistics lulling us into a false sense of security or could we actually be welcoming tourists back before the year is out?...

Bruny

author: Heather Rose name: Kim average rating: 4.14 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2020/05/17 date added: 2020/05/17 shelves: review: A BRILLIANT READThe story keeps building from an innocuous beginning, tidbits of intrigue are served in carefully planned measures...

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