Category Archives: Travel

Concorde: How a dead end can be a glorious high point of innovation

Posted on March 21, 2013 by samiraahmed

1976 Paris-Rio First commercial Concorde flight to Brazil Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch Paris Match I chose Concorde out of a 100 Great British Innovations for a National Museum project to mark National Science and Engineering Week. You can vote for it … Continue reading →

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Don’t Go There, Lady

Posted on March 13, 2012 by samiraahmed

I wrote to journalist and future doctor Lucy Mathen as a child when she presented Newsround. More than 30 years later we met. I wrote a feature about it for The Guardian. And as a result of learning about how … Continue reading →

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8 Days in Seoul with Images. India’s Dream City?

Posted on April 22, 2011 by samiraahmed

I was nagged by one question throughout my recent holiday to Seoul. Why does South Korea remind me so much of India? But of an India without slums, heavy pollution, child poverty and endemic corruption? This is a personal write … Continue reading →

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