In search of family history: empire, war and horses
Submarine commander, sailor, governor of Burma, prisoner of war camp escapee and politician – my grandfather served a fascinating public life yet remains an elusive family figure.
George Scott: empire, football and Burma
How the British Empire occupied the remote highlands of Burma (Myanmar) through football, jokes and an indomitable imperialist.
A Journey Elsewhere: City Life on the Yangon Circular Railway
Yangon: an account of a slow and fascinating train journey through an extraordinary city is published in Elsewhere: A Journal of Place.
Boats, banks & Kipling: Journey on the Ayeyarwady River to Mandalay
The river of lost footprints. The road to Mandalay. The river that brings blessings to the people. If nothing else the Ayeyarwady (or Irrawaddy) River is evoked by a great line, and Kipling’s poem of nostalgia and longing.
Bagan temple ruins: eBiking a medieval Buddhist kingdom
As far as the eye can see they rise-up in their thousands from the burnt arid plains, hollow temples and stupas of a medieval Buddhist kingdom, edged by the distant mountains to the east and the Irrawaddy River to the west.
Postcards from Yangon
Postcards from 48 hours wandering in the downtown area of Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma).
Urban exploration in Burma
Exploring an abandoned British colonial club in downtown Yangon, Burma (Myanmar).
