A Silk Road Trip, or I Gobbed in the Gobi, China,1992, by Philip Spires

In August 1992, myself and my wife, Caroline, arranged a trip to post-Tiananmen China. It was in the days when the London China Travel office was on Cambridge Circus, opposite the Palace Theatre on Charing Cross Road. It took me at least twenty books, a late-night Japanese television series and several months to plan and [...]

How to Purchase and Maintain Handmade Silk Rugs

As a symbol of one’s wealth and taste, handmade rugs have drawn more and more attention than ever before. An exquisite handmade rug has value both in workmanship and art, so people have to acknowledge special knowledge so as to choose and maintain a worthy rug.   Nowadays, it has been customary for a family [...]

The Chronicles Of A Man Of Silk Ties

On a life long excursion beginning at eleven, a chance meeting with an enquiring sheep farmer would change the direction of two young endearing business partners. My friend Victor and I were in the process of removing another copper cistern ball from a sheep trough, when caught in the act by the owner. After a [...]

The Journey Of A Sales Man From Scrap Metal To Silk Ties

I began a career in sales at age eleven.  Upon many years reflection I had learned unknowingly the key principles of selling before the age of twelve, and, spent the rest of my life perfecting a principle based approach to sales free from any scripted techniques. Such learned were, supply and demand, diversification (cross selling) [...]