If you live in London and have plenty of spare cash to buy a wedding or engagement ring, the wares on offer at Hatton Garden will not disappoint. Most of this street is lined with jewellery shops, with diamonds glistening in the window displays. It’s here many celebrities […]
It’s Sunday, a little after the midday, and people are flocking through the revolving front doors of the Savoy Hotel for afternoon tea. The distant sounds of piano music can be heard as they pass through the fine, wood-panelled lobby, with chequered black and white marble floor tiles […]
Travellers have long craved familiarity when they travel the world. And the Indians who moved to Southall, west London, from the 1950s were no different. They set up shops and other businesses which were familiar to communities back home, making this corner of Britain’s capital particularly distinctive today. […]
For the last three weeks, I’ve posted a series of blogs focusing on the lasting legacy of some of Cambodia’s sometime extremely dark history, namely the Khmer Rouge, as well as more ancient times during the Khmer Empire. The country continues to face problems and progress is blighted […]
Sunrise at Angkor Wat is a spectacular sight that’s worth getting up for. As the rose over the largest religious building in the world, monks could be heard chanting in the distance. Sitting on some steps at the edge of a lily pond, with the towers of the […]
Past In The Present 