Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 09. Piss

One vine on its own snaps easily, but the strength of many tied together is enough to carry you over a gorge. That was the mantra I clung to as ...

by polis-loizou • 11th February 201911th February 2019

Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 08. Dance

I was in a foul mood, which the blandness of the place, coupled with the annoyingly present weather like a child incessantly badgering us, did nothing to assuage.

by polis-loizou • 10th December 201811th February 2019

Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 07. Osaka

As one of the few establishments in Osaka that may possibly have offered a vegetarian option, this restaurant had taken us longer to locate than expected, seeing as Google Maps ...

by polis-loizou • 15th November 201815th November 2018

Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 06. Farewell

On the one hand, we were happy to walk freely on a narrow path that not too long beforehand would have been heaving with crowds. On the other, we were ...

by polis-loizou • 23rd October 201822nd October 2018

Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 05. Ceremony

The first time we saw Gion was in the evening, during a light rain. And what a seductive show it put on. The pink sun diminished between buildings seemingly held ...

by polis-loizou • 24th September 201824th September 2018

Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 04. Faces

The Land of the Rising Sun is also the Land of Many Faces.

by polis-loizou • 17th September 2018

Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 03. Incline

Every time we go away together, I wonder if my husband is plotting to kill me.

by polis-loizou • 14th August 201817th September 2018

Editor's Pick, Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 02. Scramble

Read part one of this series here. Due to the back-and-forth nature of our trip, we gave ourselves only two days in Tokyo before we were ...

by polis-loizou • 18th July 2018

Technology, Travel&Lifestyle

Chasing Sakura: 01. Occidentals

In the first of his column for Litro, debut author Polis Loui

by polis-loizou • 22nd June 201815th January 2026

Fiction

The Book Is Better

Can a film adaptation of a beloved read ever live up to its source material?

by polis-loizou • 20th May 201620th May 2016

Fiction, Litro #135: Somewhere Between the Borders

‘Til God

A young delinquent is taken to the Holy House.

by polis-loizou • 19th June 201419th June 2014

Travel&Lifestyle

But is it a Boy’s Book?

Let Books Be Books is a campaign to put an end to the production of ‘boy books’ and ‘girl books’, and counts Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman and Waterstones among ...

by polis-loizou • 19th April 201419th April 2014