Sep 22, 2019 | Travel Writing
London still Fab after 50 years. By Mark Andrews Straits Times. 22/09/2019 London 50 years on from the release of The Beatles Abbey Road album. Fifty years after The Beatles released Abbey Road, the London of the Fab Four retains a sensation of the Swinging Sixties in...
Sep 5, 2019 | Business Journalism, Travel Writing
Going Underground. By Mark Andrews Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Knowledge. Summer 2019 China’s mostly underground metro networks have expanded at an incredible pace. What is the scale and importance of these urban rail systems and how have they affected...
Aug 1, 2019 | Travel Writing
Tokyo Calling. By Mark Andrews Serendib – SriLankan Airlines. August 2019 Tokyo is a city that never really sleeps, but with the recovery of the Japanese economy that tempo has increased to insomnia. Crowning the new dawn, the Tokyo Skytree (at 634m) dwarfs the...
Jun 24, 2019 | Food Writing, Travel Writing
Eat like a local in Xi’an. By Mark Andrews South China Morning Post. 24/06/2019 5 ways to get your carb fix in the Chinese city of wheat One thing you soon realise in Xian is how important wheat is to the cuisine, whether it is in the form of bread or noodles. Rice...
Feb 1, 2019 | Food Writing, Travel Writing
Food For Good Luck. By Mark Andrews Going Places – Malaysia Airlines. February 2019 What people eat around the world at Lunar New Year for good luck may not have originated from China Bar the fireworks at midnight that herald its arrival, celebrations for the...
Oct 1, 2018 | Travel Writing
Discovering Bourdain’s Lost Shanghai. By Mark Andrews World Travel Magazine. Oct/Nov 2018 SHANGHAI TODAY IS HOME TO UPSCALE GLOBAL DINING BUT SEARCH HARD ENOUGH AND YOU CAN STILL FIND LOCAL GEMS Glitzy IAPM Mall on Shanghai’s Huai Hai Zhonglu, one of the city’s two...
