And if that weren't enough, I also attended a reading by Uruguayan poet Mario Benedetti.

A year ago, I sat through an evening of presentations at the University of Dubai by local artists.

Killing is just a part of the job, to be followed by bowling, perhaps, or a quiet evening at home.

Picture a Maasai village, and one evening, government soldiers come, surround the village and ask each elder to bring one boy to school.

Again, secretaries and policy makers, not policy makers and secretaries, are coming over for film night.

Another example is a strength date, in which we get couples to identify their highest strengths on the strengths test, and then to design an evening in which they both use their strengths, and we find this is a strengthener of relationships.

Is it possible for example for my will to state that my body should be burnt and that a little of my ashes should be sent to my friends in those places? And that a musical and literary gathering should be held rather than a conventional funeral?