Where?

Goodnight

Ambushed

#HapyHoli

Cheers!

Street football was everywhere when I grew up in South London in the 70’s.

In the back lanes of North Kolkata, one of the older districts in this football mad city, it is still everywhere. A joy to see.

A week at India AI Impact Summit has been a week well spent!

Supporting England with my Italian Deputy CG friend at Eden Gardens in the T20.

Name the city

Trip to the foothills of the Himalayas with Mrs 007

Brilliant photography by Kolkata based Konark Basu - “shot of the season” in this football mad city!

A spectacular dance performance in the moonlit shadow of Konark Sun Temple, Odisha.

Name the city.

Diwali wishes to one and all.

Let's celebrate the festival of lights by spreading love and kindness.

Something beautiful from Odisha as Diwali approaches 🪔

Kolkata rains don’t want to go away 💧

Congrats to the England women cricket team for a second straight World Cup victory in Assam over Bangladesh building on the success against South Africa on Friday.

Best of luck as you move to Colombo.

Hope to see you back in Guwahati for a possible semi final.

A few Bollywood moves underpinning a 🇻🇳 🇬🇧 🇮🇳 friendship 💃 🕺 💃

My Durga Puja highlights of 2025

There is a reason Kolkata is known as The City of Joy

If you’ve also celebrated this year of previously please share your highlights of what is surely one of the most underrated celebrations on the planet beyond those who know 😉

Durga Puja beyond Kolkata - I took the opportunity to see the rural side with a Bengal based travel agency who are opening in UK - the first from Bengal to do so. Hoping they will spearhead efforts to market this remarkable celebration.

Colour, Culture & a little bit of Chaos.

Gold Hill 🙊

It is Durga Puja time in Kolkata

Whist always a religious festival first and foremost the artistic creativity of the pandals also make this probably the best street art festival in the world.

So why not more international visitors?

East Bengal’s Torch Bearers set Kolkata on fire with their record 41st Kolkata League Championship.

Met an old friend, strategised about many things and spoke of a former colleague, @henrytam.bsky.social - more than a decade ago for Amanda and double that for me.

Kolkata calls tomorrow - until next time London!

Done - but nothing needs doing, point is we have to take a flight 13 hours earlier and so I miss several plans for tomorrow and incur the expense involved of having to get to the airport early and fly to LHR rather than LGW 😥

And we have 3 different middle seats as a family of 3 - so not happy.

Done - feel free to chase me.

But currently annoyed as @britishairwaysteam.bsky.social cancelled my return flight and as I am due to scatter my late fathers ashes on Thursday we will have to take the early morning rather than late evening flight effectively costing a day of exploring 😟

That is tough - so many - let me ponder a little.

A hat trick of smiles because we are somewhere #Nice

One of the most iconic streets in England.

Who has also climbed Fold Hill in Shaftesbury?

In Croston on a Sunday morning lucky enough to catch this nostalga shot in this Lancashire village of 3,000.

Kolkata above the clouds