Notes from a Chinese Winter in 2024 — including the capital city Beijing; the icy north of Manchuria; the Yanbian autonomous korean prefacture, and the border with North Korea; the ice festival of Harbin; and also a brief jaunt to Tokyo at the end.

Notes from the South of the World; from the rugged iced peaks carved white with glacier; to flat expanses of arid Patagonia steppe — this is a land of extremes both in latitude and climate. Stark, beautiful, and truly unique. Travels from the end of the world.

All across former Yugoslavia sit great forgotten spomenik - the serbo-croatian word for 'monument' - to the fallen partisans of world war two.

They lie forgotten like those men due to the more recent nationalistic views and battles which took hold in this region only 20 years ago. These great spomenika of unity (enforced or genuine depending on your view) and bold futuristic vision are mostly neglected and abused - but their sheer architectural presence still posses a magnificent power to enchant and amaze those who happen upon them.

1. Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina - Podgaric, Croatia

2. Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar - Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Notes from a journey to land of wind and ghosts. Kyoto and Kobe in Japan, featuring temples, train stations and light festivals.

Dry as hell and flat as a pool table, China's capital sits near the foothills of a desert. The air has an artificial stillness to it - the result of warm desert air filtered through a haze of exhaust fumes - that intensifies your surroundings. The sound and smells of the city are amplified to be ever present. To think back, I have no memories of wind in this place - only the heat of cigarettes and exhausts, baking us in our old Volkswagen taxi as it slowly crawls through a ten lane traffic jam.

To be in Beijing is to be Inside Beijing. To feel like you are living and breathing every chaotic moment of this place. Relentlessly shaken awake by the ever quickening pulse of china's dark political heart.

Notes from the east of China, circa 2010. The snapshots come from a cycle along the Yangtze river and encompass a number of places in the provinces of Anhui, Hubei and Hunan. We see a shifting world as China races into modernity. Hot, noisy, dirty and always at a frenetic pace, excitement mixed with hesitation as the world around leaps forward into the future.

After the gold rush comes the art.

Hustling city streets meet good coffee and even better graffiti. The beaches and the business district may shine bright but it's the laneways and mean looking back streets where the real gems of Melbourne are to be found. Full of art and alternative style, beneath the fading wild-west prospector facades and spray painted walls, lies a forward thinking city that breaths an intelligent air of optimism and inclusion (and the sushi ain't half bad either).

Notes from the West Coast of Scotland, primarily around the town of Gairloch and the surrounding area.

Notes from the capital of South Korea: Seoul is a city as a massive as it is vibrant - the great grey concrete cocoon at night transformed into a hive of neon and noise amplifying your sight sound and smell. Hits from the concrete jungle.

Notes from north Vietnam; a city constantly buzzing with the sound of scooter engines