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Essays, features and dispatches from the last twenty years – some written for The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and Condé Nast Traveller, some about the work I do for brands, and some just because. Start with the most-read: the one about having a baby with my gay best friend.
Cubao X, Manila’s coolest ungentrified corner
Behind the mall sprawl of the world's most crowded city, a horseshoe of old shoe showrooms turned record shops, camp Italian restaurants and opium-den bars. My Observer piece on Cubao X, the Manila corner gentrification hasn't found.