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Book of the month: Saud Alsanousi

Back in 2012, when I tried to source and read a book from every country in the world, Kuwait was…

“Low Rider” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON· OTHER APPS The band War formed in 1969, in Long Beach, California.…

We’re sharing a few ways to use the new Find My Device experience on Android.

Indigenous Brazilians have fermented alcoholic beverages from the cassava root for thousands of years. These beer-like beverages go by names…

“You’re Still The One” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON· OTHER APPS Shania Twain is a singer and songwriter from…

It’s nearly ten years since I started my Book of the month slot on this blog, after having been blown…

Last week I had a special experience. I was invited to the north eastern Indian state of Assam to participate…

Book publicists are a curious breed. Although I rarely accept proofs and buy almost all the books I feature on…

The origins of Germany’s Maultaschen are deliciously devious. Legend has it that, in the late Middle Ages, a lay brother…

In 1914, absinthe was outlawed in France. In the small mountain town of Pontarlier, the world capital of absinthe, the…

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the…

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup…