In love and war
bySeymour Topping’s love of storytelling has been matched only by his love for his wife, Audrey.
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Mother love
byHumans may be the only sentient beings who actually celebrate Mother’s Day with presents, cakes and cards, but we can’t claim to be the only worthy mothers on planet Earth.
When cats were king
by“Dog” may spell “god” backward, but cats were once worshiped as gods, as Audrey discusses.
A not-so-distant mirror: The fall of Nanking
byOct. 1 marks the 68th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Seymour Topping – who covered the fall of Nanking, ending Nationalist rule, for the Associated Press – looks back on a time with parallels to our own.
When Seymour Topping met Stella
byA youth, a polo pony and the power of memory, determination and old-fashioned horse sense.
Revisiting the Russian Revolution
byAs the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution approaches and America’s relationship with Russia commands the headlines, Seymour Topping looks at Russia’s troubled present and a scary moment in its recent past.
The complex design of the ‘One China’ policy
byWritten by Seymour Topping President Donald J. Trump, in flippant disregard of a binding American historical commitment, thrust the United States recently into a…
Vintage valentines
byA rickshaw full of red roses delivered to a beautiful young woman living in Nanking, China, nearly 70 years ago was the catalyst for…
After Hemingway
byWritten by Seymour Topping When Fidel Castro recently celebrated his 90th birthday, the frail Cuban leader sat in what seemed to be a specially…
‘Pearls of luxury’
byWritten by Seymour Topping I confess to a lust for Beluga caviar — the choicest of pickled sturgeon roe, or eggs. On those rare…
China – the next superpower
byBy Seymour Topping As we look to the future, to our security in a turbulent world, there is no greater imperative than determining how…
A global legacy
byTucked away down a Scarsdale drive sits a dwelling with global treasures floor to ceiling. Buddhist statues from India and Mongolia, Tibetan prayer horns,…