Christopher Harding

India radiates kindly light across the East

31 August 2024 9:00 am

William Dalrymple describes how, from the 3rd century BC to 1200 AD, India illuminated the rest of Asia with its philosophies and artistic forms through unforced cultural conquest

Kyoto’s Yasaka Pagoda and Sannenzaka Street with cherry blossom in the morning

Kyoto is all that is left of Japan – more’s the pity

21 July 2018 9:00 am

‘Much of what I say may turn out not to be true.’ Hardly the ideal beginning to a guided tour.…