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Taking a strong stance on doughnuts
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/04/2018
» It was Oscar Wilde who famously observed "the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it," which is my excuse for munching on a free doughnut proffered by staffers at a bakery in Bangkok last week. It was only a little one and wasn't that tasty -- too much sugar -- but I still scoffed it down, quietly cursing Mr Wilde's seductive bon mot.
Fond memories of Brazil's coffee culture
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/08/2016
» With the Rio Olympics finally under way, I can't get out of my head the old Frank Sinatra song that starts: "Way down among Brazilians/Coffee beans grow by the billions …" It was entitled The Coffee Song and a big hit when I was a kid back in the Stone Age. In fact, that song just about summed up my knowledge of Brazil in those days.
You don't know what you've got till it's gone
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/09/2012
» Today is a somewhat sad day in that TrueVisions is closing down its DMX music channels due to lack of interest. You may well ask ''What music channels?'' as many friends who subscribe to the cable company tell me they didn't even know they had access to this music. And that is probably the problem... they've never really been promoted. I discovered them accidentally some years ago by pushing the wrong button on the remote, only to be blasted off the sofa by Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.