3rd July 2017
Kolkata, India
We now have the ability to surround ourselves with images that we record on our mobile phones. But the best images remain in your head. The monsoon rains have arrived in Kolkata. I was in my official car travelling through the city in the middle of a heavy storm last week. We passed an old […]
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24th May 2012
Islamabad, Pakistan
On Saturday I was invited to the little village of Bhallah in the Punjab for the opening of a new road. I had never heard of Bhallah before, but it’s a village with lots of links to the UK. Councillor Mohammad Bhatti, MBE, comes from Bhallah. He moved to the UK in his 20s. He […]
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