Universal adaptors, local SIMs and VPNs: my favourite travel technology

5x5 Once a tech journalist…I had the chance to really work out some travel technology as I pottered across four continents this Spring, as well as picking up a few excellent tips from the lovely folks I met…

Five wonderful ways that Sylvia Hermann changed my life

5x5 This Sunday, October 16, would have been Sylvia Hermann’s 42nd birthday. It’s an important date for me, but it’s hard to know what to do with it other than just bemoaning the fact that she’s gone. That doesn’t seem enough for…

Five things that will never be the same without Sylvia Hermann

5x5 This Sunday, October 16, would have been Sylvia Hermann’s 42nd birthday.

It’s no surprise that your life changes when you lose someone — almost overnight—but it is surprising how deep those…

My five favourite vacations with Sylvia Hermann

5x5 This Sunday, October 16, would have been Sylvia Hermann’s 42nd birthday. It’s a date she enjoyed filling with friends and fun even more than she did most of the time.

Five jobs British people will have to do if we choose Brexit

5x5 A stroll through London this weekend put me to thinking of five jobs that British people will have to if we’re mad enough to choose Brexit over Bremain on Thursday.

More hype than happiness: why I won’t return to Singapore, Beijing, Uluru, Ulanbataar and the Trans-Siberian

5x5 I was going to list five breathtaking destinations but I’m in a grump so here are five places that didn’t live up to their hype. It doesn’t…

Five great Sylvi memories for our wedding anniversary

5x5 Today is/was/would have been the seventh anniversary of getting hitched to Sylvia Hermann, if she hadn’t been so suddenly taken away from me in 2015. I thought it would be nice to mark the day with five photos of special memories…

Five months of growing a beard

5x5 I’ve been a dabbler in the beard for many years, but three months pottering around the other side of the world was the perfect opportunity to let my facial hair grow out. Here’s how the first five months panned out.

Five ways to celebrate Sylvia Hermann’s life

5x5 This Sunday, October 16, would have been Sylvia Hermann’s 42nd birthday. But…