by Simon Moran | Nov 11, 2019 | Personal
We have been on our travels again. October saw us in Frankfurt, for the Book Fair, promoting our materials, working with friends and making new ones. It’s always a fun time, but the spaces in the aisles hint at changes in the distribution of print. From there we flew...
by Simon Moran | Sep 2, 2019 | Personal
August in Japan is a reflective month. It features the O-Bon festival, when the spirits of the departed return to their former worldly homes, and the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and is the hottest period of the year, a national...
by Simon Moran | Jul 29, 2019 | English Schools, Personal
We’ve spoken previously about being happy, and an important part of that is having a balanced life. Here at Moran Actually Towers we practice what we preach. We’re taking the whole of August off from the blog. We’ve still got plenty of things to do,...
by Simon Moran | Jul 22, 2019 | Personal
I had a great trip to Shanghai. My third or fourth time there. I was originally supposed to go there from Hong Kong in 1994, then take the ferry to Osaka. I was waylaid by matters of the heart and a reservation with a 3 p.m. sunset in Whitley Bay. It was great to see...
by Simon Moran | Jul 15, 2019 | Personal
Quite frankly, we’re exhausted with all that hard work going through systems. So, we’re taking a break this week, and we’re off to Shanghai to see Newcastle United. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this video, a follow-up to the interview with Tokyo Real, which...