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...
Kalinko Curated by Africa Daley-Clarke January 14, 2025 Africa Daley-Clarke has one of those homes which you'd like to step through your screen and curl up in. It's at once modern and traditional, pared back yet full of...
The Yangon Post: Issue 5 November 11, 2024 Did you know that the Burmese are more into tea than we are? Or that our furniture is made from old Burmese buildings? Or that there are 3000 miles of...
In praise of the Burmese Teashop October 28, 2024 You’ll know when you see one: chaotic and bustling, with full grown adults sitting on tiny child-sized stools at knee-high tables, deep in conversation or hidden behind newspapers. The clientele...
This is Ma Ma Lay September 25, 2024 Female voices are generally missing from twentieth century accounts of life in Burma, but Ma Ma Lay is an exception. A journalist and tireless advocate for women, both intellectually and politically,...
Kalinko Curated by Micaela Sharp August 28, 2024 Micaela Sharp is an interior designer, upholsterer and TV design personality whose design theories combine upcycling existing furniture with carefully curated new pieces. An experienced upholsterer herself, she really cares...