Love him? Or hate him. I am enjoying the Marmite analogy… I have my own views on Boris’ politics. But the power of the charisma, the affability mixed with the sharp mind…means that even those who are ultra-cynical about the fella, even those who consider themselves to be committed Commies can be fallable. A few […]
Comic Remedies
….Part 7 (Dictated to me by small, guest blogger/daughter.) “My mum said that I can have the last blog where we talk about the street children in Namibia.The very last thing we did that day – on the day when all of these pictures were taken – after we gave the children all of the […]
Do they need a Madonna? Or an Angelina?
… Part 6 By now you might be thinking this; these street children, these vulnerable nippers in Epako (or in any former township in southern Africa) who helps them to survive? Why don’ t they have parents around? There are many answers to the last question. Disease is the biggie. HIV/AIDS being the obvious one. […]
No Tantrums in the Townships
(Part 3) I’ll admit that something I was rather stressed about when returning to Namibia was the way that my kids would behave in public. It doesn’t take a genius to notice that in general, African kids who live in the sub-Saharan countries are less … hyper … shall we say – than kids from […]
Them in Their DARK Corner …
(Part 2) Bit of a play on some very old-fashioned words to a hymn there … One of my strongest memories of living and working in Namibia is of waking up just after dawn and hearing small children a-singing. These were the lucky ones who had a school to go to – walking long distances […]
Charity *did* begin at home …
DOES CHARITY MATTER? (Part 1) Should we care about the way we talk to each other as adults – and to our children – when it comes to the subject of ‘charity’ and ‘giving’? When our schools send requests for a few quid so that our kid can dress up as a certain bear/sport a […]