Armchair travellerJapan in Birmingham: My past echoes back through food, film, music and moreAlthough I haven’t been to Japan for 24 years, you’ll still find me banging on about it at any given opportunity. This is partly due to a…Oct 61
Armchair travellerHonduras: Flesh eating fish, insects and parasites in a Caribbean paradiseLast week I was in Haiti, the 26th most dangerous country in the world — today I arrive in Honduras, the 35th most dangerous according to…Nov 12, 2023
Armchair travellerItaly: Where everything tastes great and nothing ever goes wrong.The world is a peculiar place. Two million young Italians have left their homeland since 2008, some of them moving to Birmingham. But why…Jun 13Jun 13
Armchair travellerFiji: Where the British manage to bring disaster both when they arrive and when they leaveMy visit to the Melanesian isle of Fiji was another reminder of just how little I know about the world. I’d expected a tropical island…Nov 6, 2022Nov 6, 2022
Armchair travellerHong Kong! A fragrant island of uniquely delicious cultures that are disappearing day by dayTwo years ago I armchair travelled to China, eating and drinking like an Emperor, and ruminating on the extent that a Brit could wade into…Nov 19, 2023Nov 19, 2023
Armchair travellerJapan in Birmingham: My past echoes back through food, film, music and moreAlthough I haven’t been to Japan for 24 years, you’ll still find me banging on about it at any given opportunity. This is partly due to a…Oct 61
Armchair travellerHonduras: Flesh eating fish, insects and parasites in a Caribbean paradiseLast week I was in Haiti, the 26th most dangerous country in the world — today I arrive in Honduras, the 35th most dangerous according to…Nov 12, 2023
Armchair travellerItaly: Where everything tastes great and nothing ever goes wrong.The world is a peculiar place. Two million young Italians have left their homeland since 2008, some of them moving to Birmingham. But why…Jun 13
Armchair travellerFiji: Where the British manage to bring disaster both when they arrive and when they leaveMy visit to the Melanesian isle of Fiji was another reminder of just how little I know about the world. I’d expected a tropical island…Nov 6, 2022
Armchair travellerHong Kong! A fragrant island of uniquely delicious cultures that are disappearing day by dayTwo years ago I armchair travelled to China, eating and drinking like an Emperor, and ruminating on the extent that a Brit could wade into…Nov 19, 2023
Armchair travellerGuinea: A land of bissap, peanut stew and government mandated musicIt is unclear where the word “Guinea” comes from, but it is certainly popular nomenclature — it’s the name of an African region; three…Sep 10, 2023
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