The Cradle of Taiwanese Culture
A piece for BBC travel on the hybridity of Taiwanese culture
Travel
12 Posts
Moving to Taiwan
From August this year, I'll be in the city of Tainan, running some fun writing projects.
New Book Chapter: A Rude People Subjected to No Restraint
A new book chapter, in Travel Writing in An Age of Global Quarantine edited by Gary Fisher and David Robinson.
BBC Travel piece on Plovdiv and the art of making space
Bulgaria's second city has a reputation for doing things its own way.
No Place Like Home: Witchcraft and Gentrification in Myanmar
On witchcraft and gentrification in Yangon (republished from the SEA Globle).
Everywhere is Exotic, Everywhere is Mundane
Navigating between dreams of elsewhere and dreams of home.
The Duracell Bunny and the Deputy Political Commissar
In which I give a speech about Viagra and the Duracell Bunny for the benefit of the Deputy Political Commissar of the Armed Police General Armament Department.
Turning About Once Again
Thoughts on meditation and research, and a return to Bodhgaya, after a gap of 17 years.