• Theatre,  Travel

    An Evening At The Theatre

    A little bit of theatre over the years. All but two performances were in London. What a treat these were – some truly memorable performances. A very young Daniel Radcliffe in Equus, in between filming Harry Potter movies. Daniel Craig…

  • Spain,  Travel

    La Sagrada Família, Barcelona

    Almost 10 years after my first trip to Barcelona, I finally managed to visit this Temple. Still a work-in-progress, it’s scheduled to be completed in 2026. Took my breath away. Photos cannot capture the detail, splendour, size and visual impact,…

  • Croatia,  Travel

    Riviera of the Adriatic

    After Jordan, Dalmatia in Croatia was next on my list in 2017. Central and Eastern Europe – with its complicated geopolitics – had long been an enigma to me but fascinating, nonetheless.  My only venture into Eastern Europe thus far…

  • Cambodia,  Travel

    Once Upon a Khmer Empire

    Cambodia in November 2014. A country ravaged by the three-year genocidal terror in the second half of the 1970s, evidence of which is plain to see in Phnom Penh, also captured in the movie The Killing Fields. In contrast, the…

  • Jordan,  Travel

    Surprising Jordan

    For many years, I resisted travelling to the Middle East: too much sand, too hot, no shopping, not modern, and more recently, not safe. Even after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which famously featured Petra’s splendid Treasury facade, I…

  • Jordan,  Travel

    So Much More To Jordan …

    Fortresses dating back to the Crusades, the ancient Roman city of Jerash, the ancient city of Petra, Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea, Mount Nebo, the Baptism Site, its many nature reserves and biodiversity. So much more.