The global gin renaissance continues apace, and the Western Cape is turning into an unlikely trendsetter, as a new wave of gin makers gives the age-old spirit a South African Continue Reading
For me, there’s a real mystery about Accra, as well as it provoking a sense of inquisitiveness. It means so many things: it’s where my dad is from, and half Continue Reading
Picking our way across the broken glass, we cross the beach to where the sea can just be seen, a distant grey smudge. Dad puts up some stumps and we Continue Reading
Winter, 2007. My first TV series had just gone out. I had just got my first tattoo. I needed a holiday, but having recently disentangled myself from a cul-de-sac of Continue Reading
President Trump’s list of bad countries – Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Libya – bears an uncanny, and unfortunate, resemblance to my own list of favourite places. Except Continue Reading
Inside a warehouse, away from the honking tro-tros (commuter minibuses) and cars travelling past Accra’s sports stadium, preparations are underway for the opening of ANO, an arts hub. Light floods Continue Reading
“Everyone has heard of the Babylonian Sky Gardens, the Tower of Babel, the Nebuchadnezzar, and the Flood,” said Ariana Thomas, director of the Museum of the Middle Eastern Museum of Continue Reading
This is the best view I’ve ever had at a yoga class. It’s 7am and I’m standing on a rooftop, looking out at the Atlantic ocean as waves break on Continue Reading
Political tensions, we tend to focus on what’s happening in the country. But there are also international implications: considering all the special places that become ban visitors, these stunning places Continue Reading
Do you know where should visit in Africa? Here are the answer. Every September, backpackers, southern Africans and expats flood to Malawi’s Lake of Stars festival, held by the water Continue Reading
