Sailing away on a stream of consciousnessKevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Teachers love to ask and double check on this moment of pupil surrender ... Thinkers
Recalling things like snails, slime and kingsKevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News How proud the little murex snails must have felt, content in the knowledge that their slime helped elevate one’s status to regal heights Thinkers
In a world of you and I, I must goKevin Martin Special to Gulf News Early attempts to ‘focus’ with the eyes shut on one thought or word can reveal just how challenging a task it is Thinkers
Education slipping away by degreesKevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Australia is in the grips of some serious soul-searching after slipping down the rankings Thinkers
If it’s Thursday, it must be Grandpa AlanKevin Martin, Special to Gulf News Although Tim is too young to know a day by its name, the expression on his face is rapturous Thinkers
Looking through the raindrops for sunbeamsKevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Singers do what comes most naturally to them: Pick up a guitar or sit at the piano and compose a song on the rain Thinkers
The finger of digital immortality is at handKevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News We accord people immortality for various reasons and this may have as much to do with how their actions or works have impacted on us personally, as how the media has built them up Thinkers
Never refuse a gift from a childBy Kevin Martin, Special to Gulf News The only one who doesn’t even stop to consider what the consequence of offering help might be is the little girl Thinkers
Is fastidiousness cousin to forgetfulness?Kevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News And things like that ... which have become second nature Thinkers
Pitching and tossing at cricketKevin Martin Special to Gulf News I believe in such situations reactions are at best confused ... Thinkers
Large print giveth, small print taketh awayKevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away Thinkers
Fine, so it was another electionBy Kevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Off to the voting station just because one had to place an X on a voting sheet Thinkers
Singing ... leave it to the singerBy Kevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News We all have a good-natured, semi-non-judgmental laugh Thinkers
Comfortably numb with the neighboursBy Kevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Some, like Parthiv, will sing to the simmering curry Thinkers
The young and restlessBy Kevin Martin, Special to Gulf News Always ‘wanting attention, until I got something to keep me absorbed’ Thinkers
Delving into the art of compromiseBy Kevin Martin Special to Gulf News Barter away your likes and dislikes Thinkers
Getting through, getting on ...By Kevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Getting through, getting on ... Thinkers
Out of sight, in the mindBy Kevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Don’t look for complicated answers to simple questions Thinkers
Underestimate, but at your perilBy Kevin MartinSpecial to Gulf News Quality, not quantity, matters when it comes to music Thinkers
Driven round the bend by mathematicsBy Kevin Martin, Special to Gulf News Numbers are nothing to be afraid of Thinkers