Far East South Asia and Australasia – Imogen is Reading and Watching the World: On Books, Film, Art & More

Vietnamese food at Banh Banh on Peckham Rye, London

Delicious Vietnamese restaurant in Peckham, South London

Review of ‘event TV’ from 2021

Excellent Australian series set in an ’80s newsroom

A brief foray into Japanese music

Cute, funny and relatable Japanese anime

Japan’s entry for the 2021 Academy Awards is a dialogue-heavy meditation on grief, betrayal and art.

A Japanese meal for Japanuary

A single mother carves out a new life with her toddler in 1970s Tokyo

An International Booker Prize-shortlisted dystopian novel

I went to see Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms at the Tate, plus an overview of her life and work