At the British Museum until January 11 is the exhibition “Pilgrims, healers and wizards: Buddhism and religious practices in Burma and Thailand”. Curated by my friend and former HKU colleague Alexandra Green, the show surveys the wide variety of religious observance found in these neighbouring Southeast Asian countries from the eighteenth century down to the present day. At the Burma Studies Conference in Singapore at the start of August, Alex gave a great talk on the research that went into this exhibition. I’d love to see it, and I’m sure that for anyone living in or passing through London it’s well worth making a trip to Great Russell Street.