World Stories
Read some entertaining, useful and inspiring editorial from our correspondents around the world.
Wednesday at the Pompidou
Paul Myers recounts how what was supposed to be a quiet Wednesday afternoon perusing the Yves Klein retrospective in the Pompidou Centre in Paris became an unexpected lesson in phonetics
Paul Myers recounts how what was supposed to be a quiet Wednesday afternoon perusing the Yves Klein retrospective in the Pompidou Centre in Paris became an unexpected lesson in phonetics
Something old something new
Sakuntala Narasimhan attends a traditional wedding in Bangalore, where bride and groom have left modern lives in the US to pay homage to the rituals of their roots, before climbing thankfully back into their Levis
Sakuntala Narasimhan attends a traditional wedding in Bangalore, where bride and groom have left modern lives in the US to pay homage to the rituals of their roots, before climbing thankfully back into their Levis
A serpent’s good luck
Anthea Rowan lives in Tanzania. She is not a great lover of snakes, but here she describes some memorable encounters with the fatally venomous variety that frequents her living room
Anthea Rowan lives in Tanzania. She is not a great lover of snakes, but here she describes some memorable encounters with the fatally venomous variety that frequents her living room
When they're learning the wrong lessons in school
Anne Copeland writes that foreign parents bring their own expectations to their child’s classroom, often with unintended consequences for the teacher
Anne Copeland writes that foreign parents bring their own expectations to their child’s classroom, often with unintended consequences for the teacher
How a thermometer saves lives
Georgina Kenyon discovers how one man’s efforts to send discarded medical equipment from Australia to neighbouring countries has become a global endeavour, one that saves lives in the world’s most remote regions
Georgina Kenyon discovers how one man’s efforts to send discarded medical equipment from Australia to neighbouring countries has become a global endeavour, one that saves lives in the world’s most remote regions
The kings and queens of tropicalia
Anastasia Moloney is spoiled for choice when it comes to natural bounty in Colombia, the land of tropical fruit
Anastasia Moloney is spoiled for choice when it comes to natural bounty in Colombia, the land of tropical fruit
Gore Vidal: 9/11, five years on
Gore Vidal has returned to the US after over thrity years of self-imposed exile in Italy. He talks with trademark candour about the state of the world to fellow expatriate American, Saundra Satterlee
Gore Vidal has returned to the US after over thrity years of self-imposed exile in Italy. He talks with trademark candour about the state of the world to fellow expatriate American, Saundra Satterlee
Where drawing water can become an act of defiance
Jonathan Cook writes that a trip to the spring in the village of Saffuriya near Nazareth exposes the deep divisions that still plague the Holy Land
Jonathan Cook writes that a trip to the spring in the village of Saffuriya near Nazareth exposes the deep divisions that still plague the Holy Land
Life in the freezer
With wind speeds of 98 knots and visibility below 100m, Jeremy Smith finds polar blizzards mean that trying to take a walk in the park in Antarctica is plain fool thinking
With wind speeds of 98 knots and visibility below 100m, Jeremy Smith finds polar blizzards mean that trying to take a walk in the park in Antarctica is plain fool thinking
Helter skelter
Sam Nganga works for Population Services International, a not-for-profit organisation attempting to prevent the spread of HIV. He relates his experiences in the field in Haiti
Sam Nganga works for Population Services International, a not-for-profit organisation attempting to prevent the spread of HIV. He relates his experiences in the field in Haiti
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