The marble boat, Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), Peking, restored in 1893 by Cixi with an additional storey. This photograph from the 1920s.
In 1981 David Hockney (1937-2026) visited China with poet Stephen Spender inspiring their 1982 book China Diary. Hockney explored landscape scrolls in his 1988 documentary film A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China, where Hockney examines a 72-foot-long 17th-century Qing Dynasty scroll.
Advanced reader copies of The Last Emperor: Twilight of the Forbidden City from St Martin’s Press in New York…. Out this November in North America….
Another beautiful day London / why not get out and explore Marylebone’s grand garden squares with my VoiceMap Publishers GPS walking tour - voicemap.me/tour/london/...
Entrance to a courtyard house, Peking, c.1890s, by Isabella Bird
Flowery Pagoda (Hua Ta) at the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees in Canton (Guangzhou), - maybe by Afong (Lai Afong)
The next book in my Asian Arguments series for Bloomsbury is Jerome Sauvage’s first-hand account of life in NK based on his time as a UN Special Resident coordinator in Pyongyang. A unique deep dive into PY & often invisible rural DPRK. Out August - preorder here…. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/witness-t...
It’s a glorious weekend London - why not take my Voicemap GPS walking tour from Shepherd Market through the hidden mews and back lanes of Mayfair…..
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Uncover mews where servants slept, kings sinned and generals prayed with this self-guided tour of London, the United Kingdom. For the best experience, install the VoiceMap audio guide app with automat...
What’s wronf with Noble Rot? I use their Soho and Lamb Conduit Street restaurants often and they’re both great with excellent wine lists. Boudin Blanc had become very dated.
Step into one of London’s poshest pockets, where artists and aristocracy mingled with this self-guided tour of London, the United Kingdom. For the best experience, install the VoiceMap audio guide app...
