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Indonesia’s alcohol ban makes me thirsty. Come drink in Brussels, LA, London

Starting last week, Indonesia banned the sale of beer in convenience stores. (It’s the first time since the tsunami that I remember “Muslim-majority Indonesia” making it into the Daily Mail.) Worse still, parliament is proposing to jail people for up to two years for drinking alcohol. Despite ministerial assurances that this is unlikely to happen, it makes me thirsty. If you’d like to come and raise a glass with me, there will be a few opportunities to do so over…


Room to rent in lovely Georgian house in Stoke Newington

        Click each image on this page for a larger view Know anyone cheerful and considerate who’s looking for a fabulous flat-share in London? I’m looking for someone to share my large, two-bedroom Georgian flat in Stoke Newington (the grown-up side of Dalston). The house is fully (and I think beautifully) furnished. There’s a huge sittingroom with an open fire; it has a dining table and breakfast table too and looks out over the green.         Click each…



Indonesia Etc. enhanced eBook is out now!

Indonesia is one of the most visually compelling countries in the world: blue flames leap out of the side of sulphurous volcanoes, scarlet blood splatters into the dust between megalithic tombstones, the silvery eye of a giant tuna fish reflects the shining sea. In Indonesia Etc: Exploring the Improbable Nation, I have tried to capture this kaleidoscope land in black ink on white paper. But technology now provides us with a new world, a world where a writer’s words can…