“May you live in interesting times”, runs the apochryphal Chinese curse. Whatever the source, we all get the meaning well … More Lost in a Sea of Anomie? Go Single Issue & Change the World…
All articles in Alternative Voice
Under the name ParacelsusAsia writer, journalist and long-time Asia hand, Adrian Batten, takes a characteristically wry, humorous but always staunchly consumerist, if not iconoclastic, look at life in general in his column “Alternative Voice”.
About half the subject matter gives hard-hitting no-nonsense advise about integrative medicine, various chronic conditions and personal well being, a subject he has researched and written about for well over a decade.
A Call for a Fair Deal for All Mammals Solidarity with Fido & Felix!
It wasn’t always so but somewhere in my mid-thirties I became a felophile, if such a word exists. If that … More A Call for a Fair Deal for All Mammals Solidarity with Fido & Felix!
Vitamin B12 – the Hidden Deficiency
Vegetarians & Vegans even greater risk than supposed, reports show As a vegetarian or vegan you are probably aware of … More Vitamin B12 – the Hidden Deficiency
Don’t write off the Liberal World Order Just Yet “Homo Deus” is not yet upon us…
Talking to a millennial the other day he happened to mention that he’d just finished reading “Sapiens” a book written … More Don’t write off the Liberal World Order Just Yet “Homo Deus” is not yet upon us…
This August All our Paths led to Hong Kong
In the strange combination of circumstances that at times conspire to rule, enliven or bedevil us, my wife and I … More This August All our Paths led to Hong Kong
New Study of 1,000,000 shows Supplements Don’t Work…But leaves out the remaining 6,999,000,000
Barely a year goes by without there being a supposedly independent survey, published by a supposedly reputable medical journal, to … More New Study of 1,000,000 shows Supplements Don’t Work…But leaves out the remaining 6,999,000,000
For Long Life… Eat Well, Eat Slow & Do it with Friends
We know that… So why is all going the wrong way? As goes America, so goes the world – … More For Long Life… Eat Well, Eat Slow & Do it with Friends
More Bang for your Buck
S.E. Asian Art market pays off for mid-range Players In 1891 French painter Paul Gauguin aged 42 scandalised large … More More Bang for your Buck
The Expatriate Dilemma… Reluctant Home thoughts from Abroad
The Bali expatriate community has a particular flavour all its own. Unlike Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta even, Bali is not … More The Expatriate Dilemma… Reluctant Home thoughts from Abroad
It’s Official – Bali’s Kintamani Dog is now a Breed But didn’t we already know that…?
I read the other day that Bali’s very own Kintamani dog has been declared a recognised breed by the Fédération … More It’s Official – Bali’s Kintamani Dog is now a Breed But didn’t we already know that…?