Thomas Cook Travel Magazine publishes my article on Cuba’s gastro revolution: http://www.ink-live.com/emagazines/thomas-cook-travel-magazine/1367/may-2013/
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Exploring 1950s Havana
The Independent publishes my article on exploring 1950s Havana:
American mobster Meyer Lansky had a dream. He wanted Havana to bloom as the Las Vegas of the Caribbean; he wagered millions on his money-making vision – even building his own pleasure palace on the city’s seaside highway, the Malecón.
The Hotel Riviera, clad in a sheen of shimmering turquoise mosaic, with its casino and coffin-shaped pool, was the last word in hotel luxury when Ginger Rogers sang her way through the opening night in 1957. Extraordinarily, the Riviera (Paseo y Malecón; 00 53 7 836 4051; www.gran-caribe.cu) remains virtually unchanged in the city’s upmarket Vedado district. You can still check into Lanksy’s rooms, numbers 1923-24.
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/play-your-cards-right-in-cubas-capital-8581309.html
Havana’s Art Deco Heritage
The Guardian publishes my picture story on Havana’s Art Deco heritage ahead of this week’s World Congress on Art Deco held in Havana for the first time:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/gallery/2013/mar/12/havana-art-deco-heritage-tours-cuba
