culture

Cigars in Cuba

Rolling Cigars in Havana

A cigar festival is held in Havana every year and cigar tasting tours, as well as tours to nearby tobacco plantations, are extremely popular.

The City Speaks #3

The City Speaks #3

(This excerpt partially based on The Alchemy of the Mosque by Thomas Rochford.)

Nandita Das's Between the Lines

Play a Little Harder to Get, Playwrights

While Between the Lines tackles the gender divide in the context of a married, well-to-do couple, Class of ’84 flirts briefly with homophobia.

The Moral Policeman's Guide to Spotting Immorality

The Painfully Noble Origins of Moral Policing

Apart from what it dresses in, one needs to constantly monitor where the body goes, who it is seen with, and when it can appear in public places.

The Bookstores of London

The Bookstores of London

Once the capital of the world, the city of London is riven with a thick sediment of words.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Is Your Food Depressed?

Can love taste like a red velvet cupcake? Can pride taste like freshly baked bread at four in the morning?

American McGee's Alice

Exploring Wonderland

American McGee’s Alice infuses an air of freshness into a tale that is over a hundred years old.

Do or Die?

People who swear by fancy-sounding diets would do better to promote the love of good food than make debatable claims.

Fire and Ice

If you are a cynical traveller, driven by the urge to seek something different, then Iceland provides just the right kind of kick.