The Lows of Shang-High

7 years ago

Shanghai cast me a strange look when I went to the theatre alone on a Tuesday evening. She didn’t understand.…

The Barbican is Quite Brutal

7 years ago

How are you since the last time we spoke? So much has happened on my end. So much. The drama…

Fortnum & Mason

7 years ago

Fortnum is not an old Englishman in tweeds, but it may well be. A lovely grandfather figure who would talk…

Barbecue

7 years ago

The Easter holiday just flew by. Four days. Four gloriously sunny days. That said, no one cared about the exceptional…

What Bali Gave Me

8 years ago

I like the name Bali. There’s something lucid, gentle and titillating about the sound of it — a soft start…

Babes of Beijing – The Photographer

8 years ago

For Part I of Babes of Beijing - The Fruit Seller, click here. *  *  * The Photographer He cycled…

Babes of Beijing – The Fruit Seller

9 years ago

Never had I been so intrigued by the people of a country that I would stuff my suitcase with more…

Mad Mad Mumbai

9 years ago

Friends — and Russell Peters — said India is smelly. So naturally, when I stepped off the plane, I took…

The Old Yazdani Bakery, Mumbai

9 years ago

This is not a place many of you snobs would approve of. It’s a little dusty, with wan furniture and…

Here Rice Your Problem, And This Too Shall Pasta

9 years ago

Guess which Fluff Master has just turned a supposedly mouth-wateringly delicious risotto/pasta post into a facetiously philosophical article? What do…