How did you keep safe when you were a child?
The question I ask every guest on a new podcast, Safe: a series of conversations about preventing violence affecting young people
Seventh River
A diary from the Thames
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Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
It's been ten years since I said goodbye to Grandpa Thapar
The City Disappears
Rebuilding memories from a train window in south London
Signs of Spring
The strange limbo of waiting for new life
The Great Western
Desi pubs, hand tattoos and Heathrow nostalgia: going for a mixy in Hayes. Photography by Hark1karan
Parakeets
In December 2020, I returned to the home I grew up in for the last time
Welcome to SEVENTH RIVER
After three years of All City, it's time for a change. As I work towards my next book, Seventh River will be a weekly diary about life in London, rooted beside the Thames
Alarm Bells
A little over two years ago, I felt myself on the brink of a breakdown. Starting weekly therapy saved me
Silves, Sardines and Ceramics
A memorable encounter with a ceramics painter in Silves, Algarve, Portugal
Raavi Kebab, Euston
Where I go for my regular, meditative fix of comfort food in central London - featuring lamb nihari, fried fish, matka kulfi and more