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Jeremy Torr
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May 24, 2022

The Alchemist

Once upon a time there was a young boy, who lived in a small village on the edge of the wood. Like all the other young boys, he loved throwing stones, climbing trees and dropping itching powder down unsuspecting necks. But he was a little bit different to the other…

Alchemist

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Alchemist

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Apr 21, 2022

Buena Vista Social Club

March 2010. Life in Singapore was the usual round of sybaritic bar-hopping, jungle exploring and expeditioning to nearby tropical islands for spicy food or monkey-spotting. In a word, easy — but a tiny bit boring. Down at the Crazy Elephant bar on Clarke Quay, the cover band was pumping out…

Buena Vista Social Club

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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club

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Feb 28, 2022

The Orchard

My childhood was spent in a picture-book English village. Jam for tea, a crumbling vicarage (and vicar), whiffy spinsters and grubby knees after school. Real end-of-empire stuff. The house I grew up in was a big rambling place in the middle of the village; it used to be the Parsonage. …

Jumping Cows

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The Orchard
The Orchard
Jumping Cows

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Jan 30, 2022

The Gerik Loop

Gerik is a small town in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of Malaysia. It is, in my opinion, home to some of the best roti prata in Malaysia if not the world, and scene of one of the most memorable motorcycle accidents I’ve ever been involved in. Roti…

Motorcycle

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The Gerik Loop
The Gerik Loop
Motorcycle

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Dec 23, 2021

Christmas with the President

There’s this bar in Singapore, called Number Five. It’s an institution; it has been for the last 30 years. One year, it gave us a big Christmas surprise. Number Five counts loan sharks, SPGs, expats, chancers from every country in the world, bankers, gangs of tourists, ah bengs and more…

Jose Ramos Horta

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Christmas with the President
Christmas with the President
Jose Ramos Horta

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Oct 26, 2021

Bangkok Runner

There I was, at the side of the road under a massive underpass, bang in the middle of sweaty, gritty, buzzing, throbbing, and humid Bangkok. …

Thailand

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Bangkok Runner
Bangkok Runner
Thailand

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Sep 30, 2021

Jane

Almost 200 years ago, a ship called the Eliza III set sail from London, bound for Van Diemen’s Land. On board were 115 women convicted of stealing, cheating, immorality and possibly annoying English toffs. One of the convicts was called Jane. Jane was a seamstress, a convicted lace thief and…

Tasmania

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Jane
Jane
Tasmania

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Aug 5, 2021

Argentina 82

March 1982, Argentina. Tens of thousands of people were ‘disappeared’ by anonymous men in the hours of darkness. Suspected communists were being taken away, tortured then thrown out of military aircraft over the south Atlantic. Soldiers with assault rifles stood outside all important buildings. …

Argentina

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Argentina 82
Argentina 82
Argentina

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Jun 1, 2021

Aliyah

I first met Aliyah at a posh art exhibition in Singapore. Singapore has lots of boozy events masquerading as cultural happenings; this was just one of many that month. Aliyah stood next to me at one painting, and asked me what I thought of it. …

Singapore

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Aliyah
Aliyah
Singapore

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May 20, 2021

The Butanding

Whalesharks are big in Donsol. Also in Donsol, Jesus is black. We had gone to see the whalesharks, but got mixed up with Jesus. It’s that kind of place. The largest recorded whaleshark (that’s butanding in Tagalog) came in at a squeak under 19m long, and was estimated to weigh…

Whaleshark

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The Butanding
The Butanding
Whaleshark

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