Sep 4, 2019A Crowded RefugeThe dolphins drew the sea people to Fanalei, an uninhabited strip of coral sand and squat mangrove trees perched in easy reach of South...
Aug 29, 2019Moving a CapitalThe engine silenced, our small craft drifted toward the southern bank of the slender jungle river. Around us, dangling lofty arcs of...
Aug 18, 2019Forbidden Island, Divided by the WavesWading through a warm shallow stretch of the South Pacific, soft coral sand underfoot, Chief Maso Sambolo pointed out submerged sections...
Jul 28, 2019After the FloodAfter my visit to Tsho Rolpa, I didn’t have to travel far to find a community that had already been hit by an outburst flood from a...
Jul 25, 2019Notes from a Himalayan HotspotIf you’ve never experienced altitude headaches, try imagining a crazed medieval executioner squeezing a cord around your skull, perhaps...
Jul 5, 2019The Tiger Widows of GaburaThe tiger widows broke out in peals of pitch-dark humour when I asked what future they saw for Gabura, their tiny island on the fringes...
Jul 3, 2019Lunch with a Prawn KingTwo dozen giant tiger prawns writhed in furious astonishment, suspended in a finely woven net that lurched and bulged with their...
Jun 28, 2019Morjina and the Mayor of MonglaWith a small paper fan, Morjina stirred the treacly air inside the room that she shared with her husband and two small daughters. On the...
Jun 13, 2019IntroductionWhat has created an unlikely nexus between Siberian mammoth tusk hunters and the gaudy casinos of Macau? What connects West African...