The Changing Seasons October 19, 2023 Oooooh it's getting chilly. Did you have socks on in bed last night? If you have a fire, presumably you had it stoked. This morning, there are smiley faces in...
Can design affect our health and happiness? September 27, 2023 Last week, as part of the London Design Festival, Sophie joined the panel at Inhabit Hotels for a discussion around design and wellbeing, alongside Richard Holland from Holland Harvey architects and Marie Carlisle...
A Home for your Herbs July 25, 2023 Coriander is the king of the herbs in Burmese cooking. It goes in everything; Mohinga noodles in the morning, curry for lunch, fish for dinner. So it makes sense that...
Noodles July 05, 2023 When I first moved to Yangon in 2015, I worked in an office on one of the busiest streets in the heart of downtown. I lived about half a mile...
Magical Monsoon June 21, 2023 Yesterday morning it rained in London. Proper rain. Big, splashy, drenching rain. Rain that carried on plopping off the leaves for ages once it had stopped. And for 20 minutes,...
Meet the Makers: Downtown Teak Collection March 08, 2023 This is Aung Myat Lin and Jack from IDEA Woodsmith. They've been reclaiming teak from downtown Yangon buildings since 1999. Well, that's not quite true. They're too young for that,...
Introducing The Downtown Teak Collection March 01, 2023 This is a new collection that celebrates three ideas close to our heart: 1 - homegrown, sustainable, reclaimed materials 2 - timeless design 3 - IDEA Woodsmith, an extremely skilled carpentry...
Cosy Winter Reads February 01, 2023 Let us set the scene for you: it’s 4.30pm and you decide to shut your laptop. The sky has turned an oceanic blue, inky in fact, and a candle is...
In The Kitchen With: Cat Sarsfield from Since No One Asked January 04, 2023 I've been writing words for Kalinko for the past year, but I also spend my weeks and weekends cooking, eating and writing a tri-weekly newsletter called Since No One Asked, where I...
It's our 6th Birthday! November 02, 2022 Every year on my birthday, I take a minute to think about what's changed since the last one. Sometimes they're big things; maybe a new child has appeared, possibly a...
In The Kitchen With: Maureen Suan Neo, Founder Of Nonya Secrets October 26, 2022 Cast your minds back to the 1980s. Asian restaurants were few and far between in the UK, and rarely given as much airtime as French bistros and Italian restaurants which...
Yangon Post: Issue Four | 2022/2023 October 26, 2022 It's here and is jam-packed with stories about Burma, its people, history and food, along with the inside track on Kalinko, our homes and our makers.