The rats of Rangoon
ANDREW SELTH | From plague, to meals, to piles and piles of poo — Andrew Selth on the former…











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ANDREW SELTH | From plague, to meals, to piles and piles of poo — Andrew Selth on the former…
ANDREW SELTH | Paraphrasing the Roman historian Tacitus, US President John F Kennedy said in 1961 that ‘victory has…
ANDREW SELTH | He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it. The Indian Institute…
ANDREW SELTH | Burma’s recent history, of turmoil and change (including the 1989 renaming to Myanmar), makes it a…
ANDREW SELTH | Over the centuries, popular perceptions of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have been remarkably consistent. The…
ANDREW SELTH | Andrew Selth discusses how matchbox labels provide a glimpse into the culture of colonial Burma. In…
ANDREW SELTH | The recent release of former ambassador Trevor Wilson’s book, Eyewitness to Early Reform in Myanmar, prompts…
ANDREW SELTH | Ask foreign visitors to Myanmar what literary works they associate with the country and the chances…
ANDREW SELTH | In the first of a two-part series, Andrew Selth explores the relationship between conflict and comics…
ANDREW SELTH | In the second article of a two-part series, Andrew Selth takes a look at superheroes and…