CONTRIBUTORS

ANNA SELBY has been travelling and writing for the past 20 years, and her work has appeared in the Financial Times, The Times and many other publications. This was her first visit to Kazakhstan and she’s now one of the few Brits to have placed her hand in President Nazarbayev’s gold handprint at the top of the Baiterek Tower in Astana – and made a wish. She reports on the country’s plans for economic growth on page 24. CHRISTOPHER BEANLAND writes about travel, architecture and cities for newspapers such as The Independent and The Telegraph. Of his recent visits to Barcelona, he says: “The skyline that once seemed stuck – cranes left swinging and buildings unfinished – appears to be grinding back into gear in the midst of Spain’s slow recovery. The Design Museum is one new building visitors should see.” (See page 46.) AKANKSHA MAKER is assistant editor of the recently launched Business Traveller India. Its series on secondary cities took her to the Uttar Pradesh capital of Lucknow, where growth is being driven not only by its renowned textile industry – one that is now going global, she discovered – but also by a booming IT sector that could turn the “City of Nawabs” into the Silicon Valley of North India. (See page 50.) In the spirit of Bavarian adventure, golf journalist MINTY CLINCH followed Bernhard Langer’s champion’s trail to the land of his birth. Germany’s top player generated momentum for the game in the Munich area, especially at Eichenried, venue for the BMW International Open. Minty played around the city, taking in tradition at Riedhof and Wittelsbacher, and contemporary values at Golf Valley. (See page 70.)