Dickens 2012 launch

Dickens 2012 is a worldwide celebration of the 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, and what a birthday bash it is!

There are a ton of events worldwide over the course of February and March to celebrate the bicentenary. I was pleasantly surprised to be invited to the Dickens 2012 launch in Singapore, [...]

China Over Christmas

 

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Saving the Past

A few weeks ago, I got myself a film scanner. So over the last few weeks, I’ve been scanning rolls and rolls of negatives. The negatives span half a lifetime, and these are just the negatives we can find; there are plenty that are unaccounted for.

It started out as a leisurely project, the sort [...]

China, 3 of 3: Zhujiajiao

Zhujiajiao is a little town an hour outside of Shanghai. It’s part of a grand old tradition of villages and towns built on the banks of canals that stretch from the major rivers in China.

Zhujiajiao itself is nearly 2,000 years old, though there is some evidence that it was settled earlier than that. Nowadays [...]

China, 2 of 3: Shanghai

Our very first stop was the Bund in the daytime. Most people only go to the Bund once, either in the day or night; we decided to go twice because it’s an experience, so yes.

Most people only walk across the road from the Bund, cos you can see the buildings better. But you can [...]