Rainbow Life Blog

Over the past four years or so there has been a significant increase in anti-China sentiment. This is particularly so across the pond.  In my opinion we need to separate China from the Chinese; the state from the people. Regardless of political ideology what I have found on my travels is that people are people....

When my children were small I started a keepsake book for them in which I recorded quotes that I felt could guide them through life. On the very first page of that book I wrote a quote from Nicholas Nickleby which pretty much sums up for me all the guidance one would ever need…...

… The Greek Physician Hippocrates, known as the ‘ Father of Western Medicine’, said in the fourth century  BCE… “ The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and scented massage every day” Certainly, the Greeks and later the Romans followed his advice. Throughout time people have recognised the protective and healing...

For any bearded guy who is ready to take his daily beard care routine to the next level, The Bearded Bastard beard balm is a great way to go. Beard balms are becoming more and more popular as they are multi-functional products that are typically loaded with ingredients that your facial hair absolutely loves. Due to...

A Little History The first mention of plastic was a cellulose based product developed by John Wesley Hyatt in 1869. A formula using camphor and cotton cellulose to create a product durable and resistant enough to replace elephant ivory and tortoise shell. This was a boon for the ‘animal protectionists’ of that era. I...

We are all shaped by our early childhood experiences and many of us carry varying degrees of positivity and negativity around in that regard. Sometimes what may at the time seem negative, ‘miraculously’ turns into a positive. With the benefit of age and a dash of wisdom perhaps, you become grateful for having ‘endured’...

2020 will be writ large in the annals of history, long after we have all shuffled off our mortal coils, for one major global event which will undoubtedly, for good or ill, change the course of human history: Covid-19. There is much to write, but today I want to focus on one of the profound...