Bohemian Rhapsody
October 15, 2015
Guidebooks often warn tourists away from Wenceslas Square in Prague. That might be because at first glance there seems little to set apart this lozenge-shaped thoroughfare. The shops and fast-food chains could be on any high street in Europe. With three different metro stops the pavement is always crowded and locals caution against pickpockets. [...]

Bohemian Rhapsody
November 15, 2014
Guidebooks often warn tourists away from Wenceslas Square in Prague. That might be because at first glance there seems little to set apart this lozenge-shaped thoroughfare. The shops and fast-food chains could be on any high street in Europe. With three different metro stops the pavement is always crowded and locals caution against pickpockets. [...]

Mandalay's wise guys
July 2012
Burma is undergoing a sea change… Aung San Suu Kyi’s party claimed victory in almost every seat contested in the recent historic election. From here on, the most beautiful untouched country in all South-East Asia will have droves of travellers busy knocking on its doors, not least for the temples of Bagan and the glories of the Ngapali Riviera. [...]

The glories of Egypt – minus the tourist multitudes
November 5, 2011
I could hear my own footsteps as I walked through the corridors of the Egyptian Museum and stood alone in front of the death mask of Tutankhamun.

Taiwan’s remarkable national museum
November 9, 2009
On a cold, blustery day in December 1948, 10-year-old Chuang Ling boarded a Chinese warship in the port of Nanjing, one of hundreds of refugees who spent the next five days on rough seas until they reached the port of Keelung in northern Taiwan. [...]

A giant leap : Robots or astronauts ?
September 3, 2007
LONDON, England -- Can everyone be an astronomer? It certainly seems that way, especially with some of the latest tools at our fingertips, like Google Sky, which allows Internet users to navigate through a digitized map of space. [...]

Brazil : embers of empire
July 23, 2005
Concluding her series, Michelle Jana Chan finds the land of the carefree carnival still coming to terms with the legacy of Portuguese rule. Long before Britannia ruled the waves, Portugal had established a global empire stretching from Madeira to Macau and Mozambique. [...]

Q&A : 'This Is A Dream I Have'
October 9, 2003
Nobel Laureate Joseph Rotblat Talks About How The World Can Rid Itself Of Nuclear Weapons And Find Its Way To Global Peace. At 94, Joseph Rotblat isn't letting age slow his razor-sharp mind. [...]

Only The Boldest
May 26, 2003
Stretching The Idea Of Off-Season Travel To Extreme New Levels, They're Defying The Geopolitical Elements In Places Like Syria, Zimbabwe And Bali. [...]

Crumbling Britannia ?
May 24, 2001
Their Once-Proud Rail And Health Services Have Declined. But Dissatisfied Voters Still Aren't Likely To Vote Tony Blair Out Of Office In Their Upcoming Election. [...]

Britain : On The Campaign Trail
May 3, 2001
Will The Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak Hurt The Blair Government In The Upcoming Election ? Andy Duncan lives in one of the more picturesque parts of rural England. But the views from his Dartmoor hotel haven't been that good lately. [...]

A tale of twin babies
January 29, 2001
An adoption gone bad has caused an international scandal -- and heartbreak for two anguished families. The way the London tabloids told it, the story of how two adorable, U.S.-born infant girls got to Britain was a shocking tale of baby-selling on the Internet--even Tony Blair got into the act, saying he found this type of e-commerce "absolutely deplorable." [...]

Violating The 'Secret Culture'
September 4, 2000
My Instincts Were To Get Things Into The Open To Try And Institute A Debate About The Future Of Our Intelligence Services. -- David Shayler. David Shayler calls himself a patriot and a whistleblower. The British government calls him a lawbreaker. [...]