Painting the ‘United Colours of Women’ | An Interview with Julie Celina
I first came across Julie Celina’s artwork on Instagram. One of her paintings of an Indian woman caught my eye – a woman in a bright yellow sari, surrounded by overgrown greenery and an incredible real...
View ArticleMuch more than a great Pizza | A Guide to Eating in Naples, Italy
by Annapurna Mellor There are a few reasons I decided to travel to Naples, and skip some of Italy’s more popular cities like Rome or Florence. The first is that my sister told me it was completely...
View ArticleA Midsummers Paradise | Rosendal Trädgård, Stockholm
by Annapurna Mellor It would be easy to call Rosendal Trädgård a ‘refuge in the big city’, but the truth is that in mid-summer, the whole of Stockholm seemed to be a picture of sunny bliss and...
View ArticleSeeing the World by Bike | An Interview with Touring Creatives Clare & Matty
Unlike most of the people I interview for ROAM, I have met Clare and Matty in person. A few months ago I travelled up to York for an evening of inspiring travel and adventure talks organised by Matty....
View ArticleDreaming and Capturing the World | An Interview with Photographer Louise Coghill
Last year, two of my favourite posts we published on ROAM were from the high Himalayas of Nepal. Those two posts were written and photographed by Louise Coghill, a photographer from Western Australia....
View ArticleCreating India’s First Cultural Indie Magazine | An Interview with Cocoa &...
As well as running ROAM, I also work as a photographer and am often asked to be part of independent projects from creatives around the world. Despite a lot of my work focusing on India, I have never...
View Article9 Perfect Christmas Gifts for Travellers
Are you struggling to find the perfect Christmas Gifts for a Traveller? Travellers can be tricky people to buy for. Most of us prefer to spend our money on flight tickets than material things, and...
View ArticleCelebrating Pongal in Tamil Nadu | India
by Annapurna Mellor India is a country of festivals. During my travels in the country, I’ve stumbled upon many, often quite by accident. Some are riots of colour, moments of prayer, celebrations of...
View ArticleWhere Asia meets Europe: A Guide to Istanbul, Turkey
It was the summer of 2013 that I first travelled to Istanbul. I arrived by train from Plovdiv in Bulgaria and was instantly captivated by the city. It was bold, chaotic and full of life. The mosques...
View ArticlePhotographing Cultures and Finding Connection | An Interview with Storyteller...
When I first came across the work of Emory Hall, it was a portrait of a Nepali woman with a vibrant headdress on which caught my eye. What brought me into this image as opposed to the other portraits...
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