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1930s wedding party of couple, family, children and horse

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.

March 10, 2018 in History, Myanmar (Burma).

George Scott: empire, football and Burma

How the British Empire occupied the remote highlands of Burma (Myanmar) through football, jokes and an indomitable imperialist.

May 4, 2016 in History, Myanmar (Burma).
Life on the Yangon Circular Railway: Detail of illustration by Julia Stone, Elsewhere Journal

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.

March 7, 2016 in Myanmar (Burma), Psychogeography, Travel.
Boat and bamboo on the Ayeyarwady River

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.

November 6, 2014 in History, Myanmar (Burma), Travel.

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.

July 21, 2014 in History, Myanmar (Burma), Travel.

Postcards from Yangon

Postcards from 48 hours wandering in the downtown area of Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma).

May 12, 2014 in Myanmar (Burma), Travel.

Urban exploration in Burma

Exploring an abandoned British colonial club in downtown Yangon, Burma (Myanmar).

March 20, 2014 in History, Myanmar (Burma), Travel.

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