Asia
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Away from the bustle of the city there are tranquil parks, historic sites and lookout towers to explore. Azyure Hikari, co-founder of Urban Explorers of Singapore, gives his recommendations
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Follow these simple rules when travelling to enjoy delicious street food – without side-effects
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Bamboo forests in Japan, lego mascots in Vietnam and tuk-tuk rides in Cambodia … it’s all go for Darren Brogan on his round-the-world-trip
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Led by Akash Dhangar, the SlumGods want to use hip-hop to upgrade the image of their legendary Dharavi shantytown. But first they must change the perceptions of their own families and friends
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Hindu deities, prayer rituals and temples with mobile speaker systems … Simas Lucas Castillo explores Vrindavan, India
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The Koli fishing village of Chimbai sits happily next to a busy district of Mumbai, but how long can this ancient tribe rely on the sea?
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Inspired by his grandfather – a Times of India press photographer in the 1930s – Jason Scott Tilley spent a decade recording the people of India in monochrome
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Guardian Cities Mumbai Aditya Thackeray: 24-year-old scion of India’s controversial political dynasty
Few outside India have heard of the family but it has dominated Mumbai street politics for decades -
The leading Indian film critic Anupama Chopra reveals her 10 favourite Mumbai/Bombay-based films here - but which of your own favourites has she missed out? Let us know!
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The glitziest beach in Mumbai was also home to a colony of destitute children, who slept in the toilet block. Carlin Carr reports on an amazing transformation
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Whether you want a few beers with mates or a top DJ, Dean Chew, co-founder of record label Darker Than Wax, selects Singapore’s best night spots
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Singapore is more than a city of gleaming shopping malls - it also has a vibrant contemporary arts scene. Archiwalks founder Fabian Lua picks out great galleries and design-led sights
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When Israeli photographer Tomer Ifrah entered the Russian capital’s underground for the first time he instantly fell under its spell – and spent more than three months documenting it
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White sand, azure sea and palm trees on your doorstep … from India to Indonesia we round up Asia’s best affordable winter-sun idylls
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KidZania, the global chain of theme parks where children take on adult work roles, is coming to London next year. Michael Booth visited the Tokyo version with his two sons
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We’d like to find out more about Pakistan – show us what it’s like to live and work in your country – by sharing photos, videos and perspectives via GuardianWitness
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India’s disappearing railways by Angus McDonald will be published by Carlton Books on 20 November, £30. There will be an exhibition of Angus’s photographs at the Royal Geographic Society in London in December, and historian and broadcaster, Michael Wood, will be delivering an illustrated talk, Travels in India, on 17 December, 7pm, (rgs.org). Proceeds will go to the Angus McDonald Trust (angusmcdonaldtrust.org), the charity established in his memory to fund healthcare projects in rural Asia
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GrrlScientist: Indonesia is home to a tiny breed of chickens that are kept and bred purely for ornamental reasons. So of course, that means their human caregivers must hold a beauty pageant where these diminutive birds can strut their stuff.
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Palawan offers gorgeous beaches, aquamarine waters and secluded coves. Now, an ethical boat tour meanders wherever passengers choose to go, and offers a close-up of village life on the water’s edge. By Aya Lowe
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The old, the new and the renovated make for a rich panorama of structural design in Singapore. Architect Tiah Nan Chyuan takes in the forest, as well as decaying industrial zones
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Pho Thin, in the capital’s historic French Quarter, offers an unusual take on Vietnam’s ubiquitous noodle soup
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These imperfect rice grains were usually discarded following the milling process but have been elevated into a delicious signature street food dish by the ever-resourceful Saigonese
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Enchanting archaeological sites, charming colonial towns, hilltop temples and tropical beaches make Cambodia an inviting and cheap getaway for intrepid travellers
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Street food, or hawker food as they call it in Singapore, is a national treasure, says Ignatius Chan, founder of multi-award-winning restaurant Iggy’s, who chooses the best, most authentic local dishes
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Associated Press team granted rare permission to spend a week travelling the country from Pyongyang to Mount Paektu – as long as they stayed with a minder, didn’t wander off course and didn’t speak to anyone unauthorised
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As Goa’s beaches become ever more crowded, Deepti Kapoor looks inland for the Indian state’s fabled serenity and finds a wave of new restaurants and homestays
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Fashion designer Wakako Kishimoto navigates the neon of Osaka for the city’s best bars, shopping, food and fun
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Inside China's alternative music scene How one rock’n’roll venue transformed Wuhan’s alternative music scene
Vox Livehouse is more than just a gig venue: it’s the epicentre of the alternative scene in Wuhan, China, providing support and direction for emerging artists, writes Tim Jonze -
Inside China's alternative music scene Clarinets and rain: Arun Ghosh embraces Wuhan's punky music scene
In the Chinese city of Wuhan, jazz clarinetist Arun Ghosh has been collaborating with local post-rock and punk musicians with startlingly original results -
China’s thriving economy has created a demand for foreign travel, including the emergence of a young backpacking generation
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News: Built to house a vast archive of documents about the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, when two million people lost their lives in the Khmer Rouge killing fields, the Sleuk Rith Institute is a radical shift for its architect Zaha Hadid – who has gone from violent geometry to warm wood
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Inside China's alternative music scene A tale of two jazz men: how a Chinese city got its own jazz festival
Jazz was pretty much eradicated in China during the Mao era, which meant starting a jazz festival in Changsha was a challenge for Mr Chen and Funky -
From a Canadian bookshop opened by Alice Munro in the 1960s to one in the island of Santorini started by drunk Oxford students, some of the world’s most exotic booksellers feature in The Bookshop Book, published as part of a UK-wide Books are My Bag campaign to support the bookselling industry in the run-up to Christmas. Its author Jen Campbell introduces some of the finest
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Inside China's alternative music scene Pig’s brains and karaoke: Sam Genders picks his Changsha music highlights
Sam Genders of Diagrams has been in the Chinese city of Changsha for five weeks, collaborating with local musicians as part of the British Council’s Musicians in China Residencies programme. In this guest post, he relives the highlights -
Ye Xiao is the guitar god from Hunan province who’s acting as the liaison between Chinese and western music scenes. He tells Tim Jonze how, despite his mum, he learned to love heavy metal