The Aranui 5 – a passenger-cargo ship in French Polynesia
22 January 2023 | Places
The Aranui 5 is probably the most iconic cruise ship in the South Pacific, except it isn’t a cruise ship. From the bow back to the bridge it’s clearly a cargo vessel, then from the bridge to the stern It’s equally clearly a cruise ship. Something went seriously wrong ...
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A Quick Lap of Tahiti
2 January 2023 | Places
In December 2022, so just before Christmas, I spent two weeks on the Aranui 5, the iconic cargo-passenger ship which makes a regular run from Tahiti in French Polynesia out through the Tuamotu atolls to the beautiful mountainous islands of the Marquesas. It's a trip w...
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London – Galleries & Museums
4 October 2022 | Culture
◄ Hallyu! The Korean Wave
Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the Victoria & Albert Museum until Saturday 25 June 2023 showcases the colourful and dynamic popular culture of South Korea, exploring the makings of the Korean Wave and its global impact on the creative indu...
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Sites of Impact
1 February 2012 | Media
▲ Wolfe Creek Crater, Western Australia
Every now and then I pick up a ‘got to go there’ book, you read it or look at the pictures and that’s what you immediately think. Judith Schalansky’s Atlas of Remote Islands was a fine example, she claimed she hadn’t been t...
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Assorted Books & Films
24 November 2011 | Media
I don’t just read travel books – although three recent novels also travelled through their pages. I really liked Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011. Following the inter-connected lives of rock mogul Bennie Sala...
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