Battleship Island

"The violence of the weather, and the mangled ghostly architecture, with its mountains of rubble and rows upon rows of smashed windows, creates something weird and otherworldly. It is The Tempest, rewritten by J.G. Ballard"

Long walks, crash landings

"The wreck itself, juxtaposed with the beach it will never move from, is beautiful. It is ruined and tarnished and weathered and frightening"

Review: The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman

"Ruthlessly self-serving and cruel, often cringe-inducingly pretentious, but also, more than anything, a raffish savant"

Scratching the surface

Independent and underground cinema is a dream palace for the rediscovery of the lost landscapes of London and New York City

Review: Virgin Atlantic – London (LHR) to New York City (JFK)

"I wondered though – this design has cost fortunes. How many people signed off on it before it went into production?"

Times Square, it is a changin’ | Review: The Times Square EDITION

"I periodically locked gaze with the barman, who was clearly also hoping for some Godzilla-type event to hit the hotel"

The best airport hotel in the world. Perhaps | Andaz Delhi

"I spent afternoons staring out the window at planes take off, contemplating my strange new life, living in this non-place"

The rooms with all the views | The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra

"I don’t think the Taj Mahal is all that. I don’t know how else to put it …"

Review: British Airways – New Delhi (DEL) to London (LHR)

"The reason for all this? Almost all air space north of Delhi being closed due to possible imminent war"

"A pianist. At breakfast. Playing the love theme to Tootsie"