Dublin’s past remembered
Who doesn’t love the Irish and their gaiety – but this writer gives the famous Irish stouts, ales and whiskeys a miss, and instead explores Dublin’s sombre past. MY final destination was Galway on the western shores of the Republic of Ireland, but with no airport of its own, my first port of disembarkation had to be Dublin where I …
Bombs in Paradise
The filmmaker was invited to write about fish bombing and her experiences filming The Bomb Listener, a two-year long documentary set in Sabah, Hong Kong and Scotland. Read article. The islands of eastern Sabah look so heavenly. But they have been damaged for years by fishermen using explosives, as a documentary uncovers. Publication: Star 2 – EcoWatch
Paddling the Baram
River journeys are always exciting, like this eye-opening expedition via the Baram River. By Leong Hon Yuen IN the book, A Stroll through Borneo, British writer James Barclay wrote of his adventures in the deepest jungles of Sarawak travelling by foot and canoe. More than three decades later, Ashleigh Seow, 55, is planning to follow in his footsteps, or rather, …