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Ghana in the Eyes of Odai Quaye

Africa
In 2025, my erudite friend Londoner Odai Quaye travelled to Accra for the first time to meet members of his extended family. In this interview, he shares his impressions of and thoughts on the country. You can hear him describe the trip in more detail and from the point of view of a neurodivergent traveller on the podcast Audible...
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The Botanical Zoo at Peradeniya

Asia
We couldn’t stay in Kandy without visiting the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, which is a shame because they're a good six kilometers from the city...
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Udawalawe: a Popular Pachyderm Park

Asia
“See the electric fence?” Our guide Ruwan pointed to the serious barrier stretching around the park perimeter. “This is to stop elephants going out...
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A Trip to Galle Fort

Asia
Last week we spent a couple of sweltering days in Galle Fort, a pretty, touristy spot enclosed in a huge old fort on a...
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Hotel California with an Indian Ocean View

Asia
The place we’re in now is not the worst hotel in the world. It has a pool, wifi and air conditioning, as advertised. The...
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Lankania: Kings and Birds

Asia
On Thursday it was time to head south for the beach town of Hikkaduwa. We decided against getting the train, because we would have...
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Sri Lanka’s Sensory Shocks

Asia
“It’s funny--it always strikes me how amazing it is--that in less than half a day you can be on the other side of the...
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Opera Nite: Carmen at the Teatro Regio

Italy
In an era when you can listen to practically anything practically anywhere, it’s a wonder anyone still bothers going to the opera. It’s an...
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Clive James’s Ape-Call

Obituary
When I was growing up in the 1980s, my brothers and I were occasionally allowed to stay up late to watch Saturday Night Clive....
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Two Days A-Roving in Venice

Italy
First Day:  St. Mark's Square There’s an awful lot to see in Venice but it’s possible have a spectacular day doing just two things: floating...
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Tuesday in Treviso

Italy
On Monday we arrived in the Veneto, Italy’s northeastern region whose most famous city, Venice, is still recovering from damage caused by record alta...
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My Memoir about Living in Saudi Arabia

Memoir
Between 2011 and 2012 my husband John and I lived and taught in Najran, Saudi Arabia. It was one of the strangest, most interesting...
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Chocolate Town

Italy
‘There will be chocolate everywhere,’ banners around Turin have been offering this cheering prospect for the last couple of weeks. Naturally, I wanted in...
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