A short documentary by the BBC about a city relatively unknown outside of China, I find these sorts of things really fascinating. You can watch it on iPlayer or below if you live outside of the United Kingdom.
The BBC reports that while I’ve been away in Sheffield, the crossing at Oxford Circus with Regents Street has been redeveloped with a very Japanese influence.
Whilst based in Canterbury I took the short bus journey towards the coastal town of Herne Bay with Catherine, a place she spent many summers as a young girl with her grandparents. I took a few photos which I share with you below but you can find my Herne Bay set on Flickr for more [...]
A short feature on the BBC News show Fast Track about Tokyo, featuring the Hackney native, Danny Choo.
With my own Bangladeshi roots, I found this report about the estimated 11,000 Bangladeshi people residing in Japan particularly fascinating. The earlier settlers moved to enjoy the bubble economy and more recently have found Japan to be more inviting and safer than the United States which had previous seen much migration from Bangladesh. What I’m [...]
