Nick LeonardTravelling in Myanmar under the Military DictatorshipWith the military junta having reclaimed power in Myanmar, I look back at spending a month in the country under the junta’s rule in 2003.11 min read·Mar 5, 2021----
Nick LeonardExploring the Muslim City of LisbonRediscovering the Islamic era and its modern legacy in the Portuguese capital.7 min read·Jun 4, 2020--1--1
Nick LeonardFernando Pessoa and the End of Lockdown in LisbonThe reopening of Lisbon seen through one of its most famous personalities, a poet who hasn’t been alive for 85 years.4 min read·May 22, 2020----
Nick LeonardTravels in Orange LandsSomething to think about the next time you drink a glass of orange juice.6 min read·Apr 30, 2020----
Nick LeonardFinding Colombia in a Lost CityA story about a lost city, a cocaine factory, a kidnapping, and what Colombian boys do to female mules.8 min read·Apr 23, 2020----
Nick LeonardThese Are the World’s 10 Best Cities. You Agree, Right?Ranking my 10 favourite cities in the world and adding a short memory of each one.10 min read·Apr 17, 2020----
Nick LeonardA City Losing its Soul: Lisbon in LockdownAfter three weeks of lockdown, sound and — more bizarrely — light have disappeared from the Portuguese capital.6 min read·Apr 9, 2020----
Nick LeonardFour Objects, Four Stories: Dreaming about Travel in the Age of CoronavirusWith many of us in lockdown, flights largely suspended and future plans up in the air, where do we turn to satiate the travel bug?18 min read·Apr 1, 2020----
Nick LeonardLockdown Before Coronavirus: A Week in China’s Xinjiang Province During a Uyghur UprisingIn light of the coronavirus crisis, revisiting a different kind of lockdown in a remote province of China on the Silk Road in 2009.13 min read·Mar 26, 2020----