JULY 2026
JULY 2026
While few of us need a reason to drink a glass of Argentine Malbec, World Malbec Day on April 17 gives us all permission to drink the ‘hero’ grape from South America’s largest wineproducing nation. It was on this date…
Fast greens are a feature of the golf course’s parkland setting The noted 19th-century German adventurer and geographer Alexander van Humboldt visited Salzburg in Austria and commented, “This is one of the most beautiful regions on earth.” Others have…
It was a trip that I looked forward to. The trip was scheduled from 15th to 17th December 2023. We chartered a bus to take us with bikes to Kuala Kangsar, from where we would cycle to Betong, Thailand, on…
As the resident Horticulturist in RSGC, actively involved in Arboriculture courses and training all year round. Climbing trees is one part of the course. In Malaysia, tree climbing is not a recent activity. A series of training sessions had been…
Note taking is one of those universal but intensely personal things. Everyone takes notes of some kind, whether it’s as simple as writing down a grocery list or phone number or as systematic as typing up detailed book summaries or…
In his speech at the Piala Agong prizegiving lunch, His Majesty mentioned that he had just heard about another food outlet at RSGC to which he had never been invited nor heard of. Members at the lunch realised he was…
Pujanza Hado is a superb wine to accompany dishes of red meat Spain trails just behind Italy as the second-largest wine-exporting nation, so it’s safe to say that the Spaniards know a thing or two about making great wines. Historical…
View Skyrail Rainforest Cablecar Kuranda Port Douglas, in the far north of Queensland, is one of the most remote outposts on the Australian continent, and its isolation is one of its many appealing qualities. However, its proximity to the Great…
On the eve of Chinese New Year, I visited Dadi Cinema in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur to watch “Rain Town.” The evening was bustling at Pavilion KL, with every restaurant filled to the brim as families gathered for the “Reunion Dinner,”…
This is a novel of current events that link East and West. Depicting Peri, a troubled Moslem girl growing up in Istanbul, and who made it to Oxford University, UK. Her father is secular and strives to get his daughter…