Travelmag • 6th March 2017

Responsible Tourism in Kerala

Stretching north from the southern tip of India, between the country’s tropical Malabar coast and neighbouring Tamil Nadu, Kerala is a unique travel destination offering sprawling beaches, beautiful backwaters and intriguing national parks. Carried out conscientiously, it is easy to make a trip to Kerala as responsible as it is relaxing, contributing to the sustainable growth of the economy and...

Travel Magazine • 16th January 2017

TravelMag Launches Its Responsible Tourism Initiative

The United Nations has declared 2017 the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development – and we’re jumping on the bandwagon. At TravelMag we relish the diversity of environments and cultures that the world has to offer, so have decided to make it our priority to appreciate them in a responsible way. Our New Year’s resolution is to present one ecological or responsible tourism initiative or destination...

Travel Magazine • 21st December 2016

Swedish Lapland: Seeking out the Sámi

95 km north of the Arctic Circle, Swedish Lapland is a peaceful haven where empty, snowy landscape seems to stretch endlessly on. One of the best spots in the world for stargazing, the area is often graced by the aurora borealis at night. Lapland is historically inhabited by the Sámi people, and home to a unique nomadic culture designed to withstand even the harshest meteorological conditions...

Travel Magazine • 25th July 2016

Frolicking at the Fringe: A Day at the Edinburgh Festival

Running since 1947, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the biggest event of its kind in the world. The Fringe was set up as an alternative to the more formal and elitist Edinburgh International Festival, and prides itself on its openness to performers of all calibres and genres...

Travel Magazine • 30th April 2016

Prague: Wandering Through the Vibrant Community of Zizkov

Well off the beaten tourist track, Žižkov is Prague’s diamond in the rough. Formerly working class and a reputedly dodgy district, today it is a dynamic favourite with the city’s youth. Underground bars and a vibrant culture scene have cropped up all over Žižkov, perfectly befitting its hodgepodge of...

Travel Magazine • 10th October 2016

The 7 Best Jazz Bars in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is home to a number of excellent jazz bars ranging from swanky clubs to dimly lit joints. Dotted around the city, they keep the throb of city alive from evening ‘til morning. During the 1970s, many jazz clubs were set up in honour of the genre and many of these are still running today – along with many more that have joined them since...

Voyeur Magazine • 1st September 2015

Paris City Guide (extract)

Balancing tradition with cutting-edge architectural and artistic innovation, Paris pulls together the very best of what France has to offer. With a vibrant multiculturalism and art scene and as the epicentre of new fashions and trends, an eclectic range of experiences awaits the keen traveller in this happening city... (full version available for download at https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/virgin-australia-voyeur-travel/id932662450?mt=8)

CSDS • 1st November 2017

2017 Declared the United Nations Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

A key outcome of the SDGs has been the UN decision to declare 2017 the Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. Tourism is a global industry catering to over a billion international travellers per year. In many parts of the ‘developing’ world, a booming tourism industry and pressure to reap the economic benefits of it has...

CSDS • 1st November 2017

Wasted by the Cities Foundation

The Cities Foundation is a Dutch NGO seeking solutions for urban problems by educating people and initiating change. Wasted, a project they launched in early 2015, rewards individuals for recycling; it provides a system where every bag of plastic that a household produces can be exchanged for tokens spendable in various ways...

CSDS • 1st December 2016

Initiative of the Month: Taste Before You Waste

Taste Before You Waste is an Amsterdam-based initiative that raises awareness of the large quantities of perfectly edible food thrown away in Amsterdam on a daily basis. The focus is both on shops and the throw-away culture we often engage in ourselves at home. Luana Carretto and Sophia Bensch are the brains behind the operation, challenging the idea that...

CSDS • 10th October 2016

Culture with a Cause: Dream Out Loud at the Stedelijk

Dream Out Loud is a prime example of the ways in which technology and creativity can coalesce to generate groundbreaking change. Practical ideas for attenuating complex problems get visitors thinking, from Pieter Stoutjesdijk’s adaptable and practical post-disaster shelter for Haïtians, to Bas van Abel’s ‘Fairphone’...

Delayed Gratification • 20th December 2015

The Best of Slow Journalism: The Men Who Burned Liberia’s Ebola Victims

In her New York Times article ‘They Helped Erase Ebola in Liberia. Now Liberia Is Erasing Them’, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Helene Cooper tells the harrowing tale of 30 men hired to cremate bodies in Liberia at the height of the Ebola pandemic in 2014. The burners devoted themselves to the stomach-turning task of mass cremation, playing a crucial role in ridding their country of the virus. But rather than being hailed as heroes who took on a nightmarish task for the sake of their country,

Delayed Gratification • 12th December 2015

The Best of Slow Journalism: The Narco-Terror Trap

In the wake of 9/11, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warned the US government that the drug trade is responsible for pumping money into terrorist organisations. A traumatised nation took heed, and over the next decade the DEA underwent a massive expansion in reach and funding. In this arresting piece co-published by ProPublica and The New Yorker, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Ginger Thompson questions whether narcotics and terrorism really are intertwined, or if the DEA’s claim to su

The Naked Tour Guide, Prague. • 3rd December 2015

Art Review: Brave New World at DOX

Aldous Huxley certainly let his imagination run wild when he came up with his notorious novel ‘Brave New World’. Writing in 1931, he dreamed up a dystopian world for 2540, a world in which new science and technology have transformed how people live. A benevolent dictatorship reigns through a pleasure-rich treatment of its subjects: children are born in hatcheries and educated through hypnotism to a level befitting a predetermined caste, while hallucinogenic drugs and sex are constantly available

Time Out Paris • 28th May 2015

Perfect Paris Péniches

The quays of the Seine and banks of the canals de l’Ourcq and Saint Martin are adored and regularly visited by Parisians, playing host to many a party, picnic or apéro. In Paris, houseboats – or péniches – function as more than just accommodation: many a water-loving entrepreneur has turned their houseboat into a lovely business or venue. These péniches add charm and originality to shopping and theatre trips, dinner, drinks and even nights out clubbing...

Time Out Paris • 5th May 2015

Paris’s best cheese

Paris harbours more than just a few fantastic fromageries, where you can discuss the finer points of pasteurisation while making up a platter of your favourites or even dine on dairy delights at dedicated cheese restaurants. This hand-picked list of our fragrant favourites promises great quality produce chosen by confident connoisseurs – of cheese, sure, but also wines, chutneys and charcuterie to match. Bon appétit!

Time Out Paris • 5th May 2015

Havana

‘Viva Cuba Libre!’ is the hopeful message penned again and again in the guest book of ‘Havana’, the father-and-son exhibition currently showing at the Maison des Amériques Latines. Marc and Alexei Riboud’s joint exhibit takes us on a historical exploration of the Cuban capital through two sets of pictures, one taken in 1963 and the other in 2004. Rife with political context, the two sets of photographs paint a remarkable portrait of a city that seems barely to have changed over 40 years...

Time Out Paris • 7th April 2015

Le Pavillon des Canaux

A pretty café-restaurant, Le Pavillon des Canaux is another great project with an artistic edge and a stimulating community feel to it. Set in an old two-storey house overlooking the Canal de l’Ourq and its houseboats, Le Pavillon is bright, colourful and peaceful. Ring the doorbell and smiling staff welcome you into a large living room with a doll’s house feel to it – all plush armchairs, mismatched furniture, floorboards, teapots, plants and even a birdcage. Large wooden tables are great for...

Time Out Paris • 2nd April 2015

Tudors

Family drama, throne politics, religious quarrels, beheadings and sumptuous clothing ensured that the Tudor dynasty was anything but dull. This exhibition by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery looks beyond stiff-backed royal portraits to explore how the fact and fiction of the dynasty have merged in our collective cultural consciousness...

Time Out Paris • 26th February 2015

Le Ballroom du Beefclub

You reach Le Ballroom, another venture from the trio behind the Experimental Cocktail Club, via an unmarked black door and down a spiral staircase beneath the Beefclub restaurant. Here, well beyond signal range, you'll find red brick walls, an ornate tiled ceiling and a gleaming collection of spirits and liqueurs, which all create the perfect setting for this dimly-lit speakeasy-style cocktail bar. Waistcoat-wearing bartenders serve up drinks and banter at the comptoir, or there are Chesterfield