The most bonkers festival on earth October 19, 2025 Q: What happens if you attach fireworks to a hot air balloon? A: The most bonkers festival on the planet. Read all about the Taunggyi Balloon Festival...
How do you like your MOHINGA in the morning? September 14, 2025 I like mine with a sweetcorn fritter. Read about the burmese national dish and have a go at cooking it under the guidance of the Rangoon Sisters.
Meet the Marble Carvers August 17, 2025 This man lives in a town called Marble Or "Sagyin" in Burmese. The town is in the shadows of a huge marble mountain. Everybody in the region works in the...
Crafting Calm in London Hotels July 17, 2025 This is the Montcalm Marble Arch Hotel. It's a true retreat from the city which feels at once peaceful, quiet and deeply luxurious. It is also full of bespoke Kalinko...
We are B Corp Certified July 09, 2025 I wasn’t going to shout about this. I was going to be understated, quietly put it on our website and hope nobody noticed it hadn’t been there for years. But...
The Last Brownie June 10, 2025 Who gets the last brownie? Or more likely in Burma, the last piece of jaggery? You remember the scene in Notting Hill, where the characters compete over who has the saddest life....
The Kalinko Flower Show May 21, 2025 Gosh the Chelsea Flower Show is joyful isn't it? I haven't even been, but social media would have me believe otherwise, and the fabulous florets all over my phone have...
The Ultimate Life Hack May 14, 2025 Call me Meghan, but this is actually the answer. Life is too short to waste time looking for your sunglasses, fishing around for keys or waggling a ruler under the sofa...
The Earthquake in Burma: Update #2 April 07, 2025 We are 10 days on from the earthquake in Burma, and the severity of the situation is still not much clearer than it was this time last week. We will...
The Earthquake in Burma March 30, 2025 Many of you have been in touch to check how our team and makers are doing following Friday's earthquake in Burma. Our immediate team and their families are ok. We...
A History of Egg Cups March 26, 2025 Palaeolithic Protein, Pompeii and dippy eggs for The People Did you know we've been eating eggs for over two million years? Cave paintings from the Palaeolithic era tell us that...
A Postcard from Burma February 11, 2025 Despite being in daily contact with our team in Yangon, I never quite know what to expect when I land in Burma. Burmese resilience warps your understanding of what’s going...