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Home - 11/Oct/2010 16:39 - 4969 days ago
London has greeted my return with three days of beautiful Autumn weather and I confess that the wrench from Kagoro and Kafanchan...
Home - 11/Oct/2010 16:39 - 4969 days ago
London has greeted my return with three days of beautiful Autumn weather and I confess that the wrench from Kagoro and Kafanchan...
The School a Community Built - 13/Sep/2010 07:49 - 4997 days ago
Six months ago the ladies of the Pink and Yellow flats were working on a couple of projects for the Vincent Kawai Memorial Found...
The School a Community Built - 13/Sep/2010 07:49 - 4997 days ago
Six months ago the ladies of the Pink and Yellow flats were working on a couple of projects for the Vincent Kawai Memorial Found...
"Tayters in the Mould" Part II - 14/Aug/2010 13:05 - 5027 days ago
FRIDAY 13:I will admit that it’s not quite the depths of Arctic winter that my Christmas blog ‘Tayters in the Mould’ was o...
"Tayters in the Mould"Part II - 14/Aug/2010 13:05 - 5027 days ago
FRIDAY 13:I will admit that it’s not quite the depths of Arctic winter that my Christmas blog ‘Tayters in the Mould’ was o...
Calculus - 12/Aug/2010 07:24 - 5029 days ago
Or more specifically, integration and differentiation.That’s what occurred to me when I looked at this group photo of today’...
Calculus - 12/Aug/2010 07:24 - 5029 days ago
Or more specifically, integration and differentiation.That’s what occurred to me when I looked at this group photo of today’...
"The House that Jack Built" - 30/Jul/2010 07:30 - 5042 days ago
Well we actually did it. Not long ago I wrote a blog entitled‘Screen Saviour’ about the Fantsuam Academy’s forthcoming com...
"The House that Jack Built" - 30/Jul/2010 07:30 - 5042 days ago
Well we actually did it. Not long ago I wrote a blog entitled‘Screen Saviour’ about the Fantsuam Academy’s forthcoming com...
Dreams of Leaving - 21/Jul/2010 12:27 - 5051 days ago
Now here’s a question for you:Who do you have most sympathy for: someone who you think (by your standards) should be feeling s...
Dreams of Leaving - 21/Jul/2010 12:27 - 5051 days ago
Now here’s a question for you:Who do you have most sympathy for: someone who you think (by your standards) should be feeling s...
Life in a Sickle Cell - 18/Jun/2010 15:57 - 5084 days ago
Sickle Cell Anaemia– these are words which most Britons will recognise. In fact I’m sure they would be recognised by most so...
Life in a Sickle Cell - 18/Jun/2010 15:57 - 5084 days ago
Sickle Cell Anaemia– these are words which most Britons will recognise. In fact I’m sure they would be recognised by most so...
Driving me crazy - 31/May/2010 12:37 - 5102 days ago
I’m not a particularly religious person however every time I put the key into the ignition of our old Peugeot I send up two su...
Driving me crazy - 31/May/2010 12:37 - 5102 days ago
I’m not a particularly religious person however every time I put the key into the ignition of our old Peugeot I send up two su...
Power to the People - 24/May/2010 20:43 - 5109 days ago
There’s a new white person in town. We’ve seen him in his white HiLux a couple of times on the drive into work. We’ve neve...
Power to the People - 24/May/2010 20:43 - 5109 days ago
There’s a new white person in town. We’ve seen him in his white HiLux a couple of times on the drive into work. We’ve neve...
Rome away from home - 03/May/2010 09:57 - 5130 days ago
For those of you that might be thinking I’d snuck back to Europe without telling you ... this is not indeed a picture of Rome,...
Rome away from home - 03/May/2010 09:57 - 5130 days ago
For those of you that might be thinking I’d snuck back to Europe without telling you ... this is not indeed a picture of Rome,...
Screen Saviour - 09/Apr/2010 12:10 - 5154 days ago
About this time last year my world was shattered... Or should I say my laptop screen was shattered. Here in rural Nigeria, as a ...
Screen Saviour - 09/Apr/2010 12:10 - 5154 days ago
About this time last year my world was shattered... Or should I say my laptop screen was shattered. Here in rural Nigeria, as a ...
Seeing the world through new eyes - 02/Apr/2010 07:25 - 5161 days ago
I flew into New York for the first time on a crisp, clear blue early Spring day in 1981. The flight path went directly across Ma...
Seeing the world through new eyes - 02/Apr/2010 07:25 - 5161 days ago
I flew into New York for the first time on a crisp, clear blue early Spring day in 1981. The flight path went directly across Ma...
If music be food - 26/Feb/2010 09:57 - 5196 days ago
I like to dance. I’ve always been the first on the dance floor at weddings, not put off by being the only person above 9 years...
If music be food - 26/Feb/2010 09:57 - 5196 days ago
I like to dance. I’ve always been the first on the dance floor at weddings, not put off by being the only person above 9 years...
The Rivers of Babylon - 08/Feb/2010 07:25 - 5214 days ago
Peanut butter and jam: two things that shouldn’t naturally be put together yet Lord knows millions of people, particularly in ...
The Rivers of Babylon - 08/Feb/2010 07:25 - 5214 days ago
Peanut butter and jam: two things that shouldn’t naturally be put together yet Lord knows millions of people, particularly in ...
Joie de vivre - 23/Jan/2010 13:03 - 5230 days ago
I started writing this blog two weeks ago.. Two weeks is a long time. In between a devastating earthquake shook Haiti killing h...
Joie de vivre - 23/Jan/2010 13:03 - 5230 days ago
I started writing this blog two weeks ago.. Two weeks is a long time. In between a devastating earthquake shook Haiti killing h...
Tayters in the mould - 29/Dec/2009 21:21 - 5255 days ago
Whenever Nigerians come up to me and ask me if I will‘take them to my place’ I always say that they wouldn’t want to go th...
Tayters in the mould - 29/Dec/2009 21:21 - 5255 days ago
Whenever Nigerians come up to me and ask me if I will‘take them to my place’ I always say that they wouldn’t want to go th...
An alternative Christmas gift? - 07/Dec/2009 10:14 - 5277 days ago
I don’t usually count myself as one to be influenced too much by what I see on TV however I must confess that Top Gear’s sys...
An alternative Christmas gift? - 07/Dec/2009 10:14 - 5277 days ago
I don’t usually count myself as one to be influenced too much by what I see on TV however I must confess that Top Gear’s sys...
Out of Sight - 17/Nov/2009 12:58 - 5297 days ago
Some months ago a young blind men stopped to talk to us as we were enjoying a beer at Rebecca’s bush bar in Kagoro. We’d see...
Out of Sight - 17/Nov/2009 12:58 - 5297 days ago
Some months ago a young blind men stopped to talk to us as we were enjoying a beer at Rebecca’s bush bar in Kagoro. We’d see...
Happy Anniversary to me! - 25/Oct/2009 10:42 - 5320 days ago
I’ve been sitting at my desk for about 3 hours this Saturday morning – trying to work out how to start writing about my one ...
Happy Anniversary to me! - 25/Oct/2009 10:42 - 5320 days ago
I’ve been sitting at my desk for about 3 hours this Saturday morning – trying to work out how to start writing about my one ...
Corpers - 24/Oct/2009 15:13 - 5321 days ago
Last Wednesday I found myself seated on a high table in front of about 150, young Nigerians dressed in matching T-shirts, trouse...
Corpers - 24/Oct/2009 15:13 - 5321 days ago
Last Wednesday I found myself seated on a high table in front of about 150, young Nigerians dressed in matching T-shirts, trouse...
How much doees it cost to print a 15 page report? - 29/Sep/2009 14:27 - 5346 days ago
“Nigeria presents a unique development challenge. Its striking income disparity – so much poverty in the midst of so much we...
How much does it cost to print a 15 page report? - 29/Sep/2009 14:27 - 5346 days ago
“Nigeria presents a unique development challenge. Its striking income disparity – so much poverty in the midst of so much we...
Progress? - 23/Aug/2009 14:24 - 5383 days ago
A few weeks ago I finally visited Kaduna– and number 2 Bosun Close*, home to the Brown family from 1979 – 1982 when my fathe...
Progress? - 23/Aug/2009 14:24 - 5383 days ago
A few weeks ago I finally visited Kaduna– and number 2 Bosun Close*, home to the Brown family from 1979 – 1982 when my fathe...
Lagos - 09/Aug/2009 11:31 - 5397 days ago
I still quite can’t decide whether I want to go back to Lagos or not.The ladies of the Pink House recently spent a week in the...
Lagos - 09/Aug/2009 11:31 - 5397 days ago
I still quite can’t decide whether I want to go back to Lagos or not.The ladies of the Pink House recently spent a week in the...
Enough to bowl a maiden over - 19/Jul/2009 13:58 - 5418 days ago
I’m desperately trying to think of something to write for this blog: I’m sitting at my desk on a Sunday afternoon, having ac...
Enough to bowl a maiden over - 19/Jul/2009 13:58 - 5418 days ago
I’m desperately trying to think of something to write for this blog: I’m sitting at my desk on a Sunday afternoon, having ac...
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory - 05/Jul/2009 11:56 - 5432 days ago
I’m sitting on the plush roof terrace cafe of the British Council in Abuja. Overlooking the noisy Maitama roundabout with Aso ...
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory - 05/Jul/2009 11:56 - 5432 days ago
I’m sitting on the plush roof terrace cafe of the British Council in Abuja. Overlooking the noisy Maitama roundabout with Aso ...
Force of habit - 25/Jun/2009 12:03 - 5442 days ago
When did you last change the way you did something because of your environment? When I thought about any instances of noticeable...
From tiny acorns mighty oaks grow - 16/Jun/2009 13:47 - 5451 days ago
Last Tuesday the ladies (and gentleman!) of the Pink House joined their neighbour Mrs Aka’ahs at the dedication of the new bui...
Mast is up! - 13/Jun/2009 12:55 - 5454 days ago
Despite the Friday before last holiday being a public holiday in Kaduna State to respect the recent death in London of a former ...
Two weddings, two storms and a nightclub - 25/May/2009 11:19 - 5473 days ago
This Easter weekend my sisters from the Pink House travelled to Kaduna. I remained in Kafanchan preserving my finances for the b...
The kindness of strangers (and friends) - PART II - 11/May/2009 12:56 - 5487 days ago
So are you seated comfortably? Then we’ll begin ... Part IISo as Lizzy and I, squashed into the back seat, began to feel a lit...
The kindness of strangers (and friends)– PART I - 03/May/2009 11:08 - 5495 days ago
The western business adage“failing to plan is planning to fail”, is much less relevant in Nigeria, particularly for travelli...
When life knocks you down - 23/Apr/2009 13:52 - 5505 days ago
(I was travelling when this event took place however it is vividly recorded by my colleague Laurie whose words and pictures I bo...
Organisational Development - 10/Apr/2009 12:22 - 5518 days ago
On Monday morning this week a selection of Fantsuam Foundation’s beneficiaries were invited to participate in the first part o...
Send Forth - 10/Apr/2009 08:35 - 5518 days ago
One of the most frequent excuses for a party in this part of Nigeria (and possibly all over Nigeria) is the‘Send Forth’. Whe...
The promise of rain - 01/Apr/2009 13:14 - 5527 days ago
After a day of everyone complaining about the unbearable heat, at 4.15 yesterday afternoon the sky over Bayan Loco turned black ...
Plusça change? - 24/Mar/2009 07:27 - 5535 days ago
One of the nicest things about Jeffrey’s - apart from the almost always cold Star beer, is being able to sit outside under a m...
Saturday in Kagoro - 09/Mar/2009 13:49 - 5550 days ago
The sound of my lavatory cistern filling woke me up bright and early and caused me to leap out of bed, buckets at the ready to m...
Children are our future - 28/Feb/2009 12:26 - 5559 days ago
In December I wrote about the launch of theChildren’s Parliament and the Fantsuam Advocacy Centre for Children – Day of Chan...
Joys of the simple life - 26/Feb/2009 14:32 - 5561 days ago
A fellow VSO in Cameroon recently wrote on his blog about all the trials and tribulations he had because his fridge blew the fus...
Adding value in Zankan - 18/Feb/2009 13:05 - 5569 days ago
Today I visited one of Fantsuam's most successful microfinance communities: In September 2008 Fantsuam started its relationship ...
The street where I live - 08/Feb/2009 14:56 - 5579 days ago
On a weekday morning...At (about) 07:30 every morning our transport arrives to take us into work...At about the same time, Chief...
Feeling appreciated - 01/Feb/2009 12:25 - 5586 days ago
“Ladies and gentlemen – the new President of the United States of America – Barack Obama!” Imagine the noise and excitem...
"Waste not, want not" - 25/Jan/2009 09:07 - 5593 days ago
I wish to take issue with whichever bright spark coined the phrase:‘waste not, want not’. Whilst the New Dictionary of Cultu...
Hot hot hot - 17/Jan/2009 13:05 - 5601 days ago
Last Tuesday one of my blog readers in the UK emailed me to profess a pang of envy as my blog showed pictures of hot sunny days ...
Baptism - 13/Jan/2009 13:25 - 5605 days ago
This Sunday last year, I and the rest of the congregation ofSt Magnus the Martyrwas processing across London Bridge on a bluster...
Lariam - 10/Jan/2009 12:27 - 5608 days ago
At 3am this morning I awoke needing to‘ease myself’ (as they say here). I fumbled around beside my pillow for the wind-up he...
The 10 Days of Christmas - Part II - 04/Jan/2009 13:32 - 5614 days ago
Monday 29 DecemberIt was on this day that I learnt, from an HRH himself, that the reason Kagoro celebrates New Year’s in favou...
The 10 Days of Christmas - Part I - 30/Dec/2008 11:47 - 5619 days ago
One year in the 90s, I anticipated getting so bored in the days between Christmas and New Year that on 26 December I loaded up m...
Nigerian Night Drive - 21/Dec/2008 12:40 - 5628 days ago
On Friday night I had the unexpected pleasure of watching the film“American Beauty” all the way through. Unexpected because ...
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