10 of the best Michelin-rated restaurants in Bangkok

The first Michelin guide to Bangkok’s brilliant food scene reveals a city where both fine dining and street food can be as affordable as they are adventurous

Not so sheepish now: Google Street View adds the Faroe Islands

One woman’s idea of strapping cameras to sheep prodded the internet giant into helping put the north Atlantic islands on Street View – with a resulting upswing in tourism

Shops in trees: Jakarta’s improvised street life – in pictures

Photographer Isidro Ramírez documents the small solutions Jakartans find to improve the quality of life in a crowded city with inefficient infrastructure – from fashion shops in trees to wood-store bus stops

Bangkok’s street food under threat from gentrification

Millions of Bangkokians rely on – and love – the city’s myriad street food stalls, but as the city ‘develops’, vendors who have plied their trade for decades could be priced out or forced to move

Singapore street food: stewed, sliced and steamed – video

A kaleidoscopic journey through Singapore’s vibrant street-food scene, shaped over many years by local Malay, Indian and Chinese communities. Vendors ply their trade from noon till night, dedicated to the dishes they produce and the customers they serve

James Dean Bradfield – Soundtrack of my life

James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers provides an insight into the songs that have shaped his life.