Highgate and Archway – Ghosts and Graves (Part One)
A disillusioned young lad creeps out of the home of his wealthy master. Despite his hard labour, he is poorly paid and can no longer tolerate the beatings by the […]
Kuala Lumpur – Tropical Birds, Orchids and Hibiscus By the Lake Gardens
It’s early morning at my local train platform. As I wait, I hear the “cuc-koooo” call of the spotted turtle doves (image here). Or so I think, until I’m corrected […]
Kuala Lumpur – A Browse Around Brickfields
Once upon a time, Brickfields was a quiet little Indian residential settlement. And then in 2009, the original Little India along Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman was moved out. “More space […]
Kuala Lumpur’s Lake Gardens
It all begins with a State Treasurer named Venning and a British Resident named Swettenham. One day, they meet for a drink in tropical Kuala Lumpur. The story then goes […]
The South Bank (Part Three) – Blackfriars Bridge to Millennium Bridge
In 1715, bridges over the Thames were scarce. So an Irish actor named Thomas Doggett jumps on a river ferry to get him back to his residence in Chelsea. He […]
The South Bank (Part Two) – Hungerford Bridge To Waterloo Bridge
It’s a story straight out of a James Bond movie. It’s 1978. A Bulgarian dissident writer stands at a bus stop at Waterloo Bridge. He feels a sharp pain in […]
The South Bank (Part One) – Westminster Bridge To Hungerford Bridge
1500 years pass before a second bridge is built over the Thames in central London. Until then, London Bridge is the solitary bridge on this side of town since the […]
Bletchley Park – The Code Breakers Part II
And so from this morning, I’ve done Bletchley part one, there is so much more to learn, of work that here was done, And now in Part II I will […]
Gouda – The Green Heart Of The Netherlands
The Green Heart of the Netherlands has remained green because it’s so boggy that they can’t build on it. It’s the area between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague and Utrecht. And […]
Bletchley Park – The Code Breakers, Part I
When World War Two breaks out, a sense of national duty, brings men and women to a place called Station X in Bletchley, The Govt. Code & Cypher School, it’s […]