Ambrose Khaw
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Retired editor/consultant |
| Location | Singapore, Singapore |
| Introduction | Retired editor/consultant editor, The Straits Times, The Singapore Herald, New Straits Times, Singapore Monitor, The New Paper. This photo of me, on a visit to the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian Institution and the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C., is an old one. I've not had new photos taken for years. And I do not celebrate birthdays any more. "Birthdays are but solemn reminders of passing age." -- Nehru. |
| Interests | Aeronautics, history, cooking, ribald jokes, shapely legs, e.g. well-turned ankles, Gatley on defamation, travel, scandals, e.g. Profumo, Lewinski, etc. medicine, architecture, DIY projects, motoring, soccer, tennis, cricket, hockey, Fowler's Modern English Usage, Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Dickens, Graham Greene, etc. |
| Favorite movies | The Edge, Richard III, Hamlet (any title, as long as it is stimulating and entertaining) |
| Favorite music | The Beatles,Karen Carpenter, Bee Gees, The Three Tenors, Edith Piaf, Abba, etc. etc. |
| Favorite books | O'Hara's Appointment in Samara, Oliver Twist, Airport International, Gatsby, etc. |