Many foreigners living in Bali are passionate about the environment here. We wax indignant about genetically modified food and compromised genomes. We respond emotionally to …

After months-long elaborate rituals and ceremonies for the re-consecration of the Gunung Lebah Temple in Campuhan, things are finally winding up. Earlier today (Sunday the …

Our guest blogger, anthropologist Graeme MacRae, tracks down the source of the “new black gold” that is piling up on the roads of the Ubud. …

One of the very last panels for this years Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, “Capturing the Change You Want to Seeç” focused on Indonesians recording  …

Text and photos by Catriona Mitchell On the weekend, Hubud’s Living Food Lab was offering up a raw food class with the title ‘Mexican Flavour …

by Michael Vatikiotis Now in its eleventh year, the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival is possibly the most successful event of its kind in Asia. …

by Meelee Soorkia Feature photo: Carlos Andres Gomez It was a sight I’d never seen before – six poets being mobbed by an elated crowd, …

by Meelee Soorkia Despite the vast distances that might separate them, indigenous cultures are facing common struggles in the midst of 21st century change. This …

This year’s Ubud Writers and Readers Festival’s tribute went to I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, the first UWRF tribute to a son of Ubud. It was …

Made Wijaya, a.k.a. Michael White, convened, chaired or provoked (we’re not sure which) a house rocking panel at the Left Bank earlier today. Invited/seduced/coerced (again …