Tagged: Travel

Language Soup

So we’re back in Turkey, en route to Bali, by way of Malaysia, and my brain just turned to language soup. Like most Britons, I...

What is Gallipoli?

World War I is ancient history. It passed from living memory with the death of the last veteran this year. It’s not a “good” war...

It’s All About The Cross-Hatching

“Bwahahaha,” I say. “Did you know the Chinese for ‘writer’ is, literally, ‘sit-at-home’?” “No,” says Zac. “NOOB! The ‘zuo’ in ‘zuo-jia’ is a different kind...