Charles Pither
Anguish in Argolis
It is our last night in Greece. Our table on the terrace of the hotel has been specially chosen for us by our host Vasiliki to ensure we...
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Charles Pither
Sep 21, 20235 min read
Points failure south of Cambrai
It is 5.30 and although Kent is in my book east, there is not a hint of light in the cool night sky. We ease onto the horrible motorway...
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Charles Pither
Sep 13, 20235 min read
The Incubus
How total is the sleep of a child? Lost to our world but cast adrift in an exclusive dreamland of magic and sometimes terror. The off...
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Charles Pither
Apr 25, 20237 min read
It’s very complicated…
We continue our tour of Cuba, trying to get our heads around how the country works. It is 4½ hours from Havana to the fine old town of...
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Charles Pither
Apr 14, 20238 min read
Letter from Havana
Castro's Cuba crumbles We arrived last night and only now get to see our Casa Particular in daylight. These are private houses which in...
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Charles Pither
Mar 21, 20237 min read
Animists in Arunachal Pradesh
How about this? A rural population of 40,000 that farms its land in an organic sustainable way without recourse to machinery, chemicals...
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Charles Pither
Mar 17, 202311 min read
The Nagas and their lands
We finally make it to Nagaland. After so much time thinking, talking and planning, the home of the Nagas has assumed almost mythic...
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Charles Pither
Mar 11, 20237 min read
The tennis court at Kohima
I have visited several War Graves Commission Cemeteries and on each occasion have left feeling crushed by the burden of the past. Two...
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Charles Pither
Mar 6, 20237 min read
Karaikudi and the Chettiars
Extraordinary mansions in the middle of nowhere. No one has ever heard of Karaikudi or the Chettinar tribes. Even less the Nagarathar as...
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Charles Pither
Mar 3, 20235 min read
Where you from?
Rummaging through a trunk of papers inherited from my Dad, I found a map of India from his time in the 45thCavalry during WW2. Looks like...
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Charles Pither
Feb 25, 20236 min read
Paean to Rajakkad
Tranquility and wonder on a coffee plantation in the Palani Hills of Tamil Nadu. Click the button above to hear the Rajakkad soundscape...
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Charles Pither
Feb 22, 20235 min read
Letter from Pondi . . .
Is it just my generation that puts Pondicherry in the pantheon of romantic Indian cities like Calcutta, Chittagong, Rawlpindi and Madras?...
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Charles Pither
Sep 21, 20228 min read
The Thread
A dance to the music of Vangelis We are in Athens on a warm August night. Carolyn and I are sitting in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on...
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Charles Pither
Nov 26, 202113 min read
Armenia - a State of mind?
When I was a medical student, I was taught pathology by a lovely considerate man called Pembakian. He was heavy-set and always wore the...
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Charles Pither
Oct 15, 20215 min read
And did those feet...
We are back home and have been for a week. I had hoped to write a page or two about the latter part of our trip but the I just couldn’t...
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Charles Pither
Oct 2, 20215 min read
A tale of two monasteries
Elatochori, where we spend the night, claims to be a skiing village, which is strange as it is only 700 metres above sea level and the...
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Charles Pither
Sep 27, 20215 min read
The Empty Green Petrol Can
This is the petrol can I have carried from England, always intending to fill it up at the next petrol stop, but never getting around to...
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Charles Pither
Sep 23, 20214 min read
Ottoman bridges in Western Macedonia
The entry into Igoumenitsa harbour was even more peaceful than the previous 25 hours of the voyage; the now familiar thrum quietened as...
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Charles Pither
Sep 19, 20215 min read
Through the (very) Low Countries ....
We are driving in a small red sports car through the ghastly post-industrial dystopia that is north-eastern Holland. There seem to be no...
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Charles Pither
Jun 21, 20217 min read
The Joys of Mykonos
There was rain in the night. Strange, as the early evening was as good as the Aegean can offer; warm still air with a tiny breeze from...
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