Central America Hosts Its Own Burning Man

As the sun shimmered yellow then sank past the horizon, nearly 1,000 people packing the hot Costa Rican beach paused their drum beating and hoop dancing to cheer like pagans. The moment, captured on cellphones and a hovering drone, is part of Envision: an annual four-day festival that has grown exponentially over 10 years from … Read more

A Moment In History

Ten years ago I was running from San Francisco’s Moscone Centre to a nearby hotel to edit a piece for the Ten O’Clock News when my phone rang. Those were the days, by the way, when phones were for making calls but all that was about to change. “Have you got your hands on this … Read more