05 September 2010

Peyote experience, Mexico in Travel & Culture

It's a strange feeling to find yourself in a place you never imagined yourself in, about to do something you'd never conceived of doing. I was in the desert of Real de Catorce in Mexico, searching for a peyote button so I could Read More

Glade 2009 in Festivals

15th - 18th July 2009, Matterley Bowl, HampshireWell, you wouldn't write home about the weather. Festivals generally go one of two ways - you're either sweltering for four days in baking heat, where you end up red and sunburnt Read More

Banco de Gaia at Dingwalls in Live Gigs

20th September, Dingwalls, London. Banco de Gaia has been a stalwart of the global dance music scene for nearly two decades now. During that career he's released well over a dozen albums, compilations and singles, plus Read More

Xinjiang Riots - Commentary in Politics & Debate

The Xinjiang Riots, China, July 2009 Ruth is a lecturer and freelance writer who spent several years working and travelling around China. Her works include two books about student protests and the Tiananmen massacre. She Read More

The Best Laid Plans... in Festivals

I don't really like telling anecdotes where everything goes according to plan. I don't really make plans anyway (because they always go wrong), so I have very few stories of this nature anyway. You've guessed, then, that this Read More