China’s art playground: The 798 Beijing art district
Grinning Mao’s, pillar box-red dinosaurs and heavily pregnant clay-warriors stand about in a bemusing assembly. Built in the 1950’s as a sort of…
Venice Beach: Between freakshow and tragedy
Elvis is flagging, but he manages a couple more numbers. He chortles slightly as he sings, but it’s the music that counts. It’s…
Tamako’s Castle: A cookery course on Ishigaki Island
Bright green may not be the first colour one associates with Japan. Unless, of course, one has experienced those drenching monsoon rainstorms, which…
Beijing and the eternal games
„Olympic Green, dao le!“, announces a cheerful female voice on Line 8 of the Beijing subway, as the train glides into the station.…
