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How did you mark International Women’s Day this year? After two years of lockdown-induced live events, it was a thrill and honour to MC...

Have you ever wondered how people muster the time, patience and chutzpah to write that book, found a new business or start a brand new...

We are in the middle of a global pandemic and an economic meltdown. The only thing that needs to happen next is for an asteroid to come...

Grey clouds, never – ending airplane noise and Plattenbau* . These were my common associations with Frankfurt am Main. Like most intrepid...

I have always had a secret crush on Melbourne. As a student I would relish the chance to head down for a uni conference, catch a few...

” You need to write what ?” asked my mum. Like all things 21st century, if you can explain a new-fangled project or something rather...

“If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere” sang Frank Sinatra about New York. So far, no musician has produced a similar song...

My little baby turned 6 months old today. I’m sitting here watching the sun-set over the Mediterranean Sea at Fréjus in France,furiously...

Whoever said maternity leave was easy obviously did not start their 36th week of pregnancy in soupy 5° C, surrounded by Stollen,...

His body, lying flat. His arms and limbs, lifeless. This was the picture of that little boy whose life was taken by the sea, a little boy...

“What are you going to do about a job”, she asked “You can’t even speak German”. This was the repetitive, daily conversation I had with...

It’s available in hard copy all over Australia, at Barnes & Nobel in the US, lots of other places around the world (including oddly,...

What is it really like to experience maternity leave in Germany ? Do all German mums bake Apfelstrüdel all day ? Do all expat mums work...

I had originally intended to publish this post to time in with the 25 year Fall of the Berlin Wall celebrations on 9 November. Yet I held...

Thought I’d disappeared, gone to a kibbutz or started an underground urban gardening co-operative the last few years? Not really. Truth...

New posts are coming soon! My blog archive is being migrated from the former hosting platform. In the meantime, have a read of my work as...

„Wo ick wohne? Wie alle feine Leite, Berlin W. hinten mit en ‚Ding‘! –?? – Na Mensch, vastehste nich, Berlin Wedding!“ – Hans Ostwald,...

A few months ago during the cold, dark Berlin winter, there was a little ray of sunshine that brightened it up. The lovely Valerie Khoo,...

(First published in blue wings magazine,Sanoma Magazines, Finland) In his 2007 book ‘Affluenza’, British Psychologist and Author Oliver...

(First published on yesisyes, March 2012) How many times have you been sitting in your office with a full in-tray, an annoying boss...