Driving through Tashkent feels like flipping through an architecture picture book teeming with examples of Soviet brutalist, orientalist, modernist, futurist and neoclassical styles. One marvel ...

As a student of sociology, my instinct was to examine what the people of Uzbekistan felt about this. So, I set out on my mini ...

Later we stop for a drink at Pelikan Craft, a Soviet-style beer shop selling IPA and local lager on tap. Sipping on a pint on one of Tashkent’s sprawling boulevards, I am struck by how ...

I VIVIDLY remember my maiden trip to Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2004. Arriving as a Member of our Parliament’s Lower House and coming from the tropical heat of Malaysia, I was utterly shocked to find ...