Friday, 16 January 2026

Category: Column

Who’s dying to be a Datuk?

It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles. — Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian diplomat On my last trip back to Kuching in August,

Farewell brutal 2020; Welcome, 2021?

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. – Oprah Winfrey Oh! The visions, resolutions, high expectations, goals and

Making Malaysia grate again?

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. — Malvolio in Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare The shredding of

Genies, gin and ghost stories

Ghosts don’t haunt us. That’s not how it works. They’re present among us because we won’t let go of them. — Sue Grafton, American writer I

A Christmas do like no other

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. — Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of