Yesterday, this news article on the phenomenal rise and popularity of international schooling in China, went global, being reported from the US to, obviously, China. For me, a key phrase in...
Thanks to you all for the Birthday Wishes! Much appreciated. Yes, I am 67 today. It feels a landmark, though I'm not sure how different it should be from 66. So far, and...
Brexit has exposed many divisions within the UK, but one which should concern us all is the gulf between the 'experts' and the 'working class'. This division can be further...
In 2009 I made my final exit from a country which I knew I had no future in; glad, and indeed relieved, to embark on a new adventure in the...
Gender equality is an issue for you whether you realise it or not. No country or society can begin to be considered sophisticated, cultured, educated or indeed, modern, if half...
During Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign he famously said "It's the economy, stupid". His apparent epiphany being that ultimately, money is what matters to voters and therefore...
'Laughing Gnome' was his own 'in-joke' (which probably only he appreciated) but thereafter he got serious. He staggered and seduced us with his originality, effortless coolness, chameleonic identities, and, of course,...
First they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out- because I was not a Muslim. Then they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out - because...
I was once asked by a Thai Minister of Education for my suggestion on how to improve Thailand's education system. (We were sat together for lunch at a Ministry event...
It is Friday 6th November and I am in Bangkok for the ASEAN University Network's Education Summit, held at Chulalongkorn University. I am attending as an invited speaker, the title of...