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  • You dirty rat!

    The house is in a mixed area of human striving. There are several biggish homes of which this is one and all the land between them is in-filled with shanty development. The house, itself, is built round a quadrangle. There is no glass in the windows, only mosquito netting which means we don’t use air… Know More

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  • Obama in Ghana

    It is summer in England and winter in Ghana. Having just got back to Accra, my last social event being what turned out to be a swine-flu party, I find the skies grey and the daily temperature around 28 degrees centigrade. Now this might, for you who manage to be numerate with a weather eye… Know More

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  • Wild Water Swimming

    Occasionally these blogs devote themselves to environmental issues, though not in the usual polemic sense. Rather, they turn out to be ecological as a by product of reminiscence. Those blue remembered hills and meadows. It is only when a news headline catches the eye that I am forced to think (with a gulp) that, indeed,… Know More

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  • Anyone for Tennis?

    The Wimbledon men’s final lasted so long that I had time to take in vital games while doing a decent garden weeding, hovering in the attic, preparing food, and writing emails, and that was probably only half of it. It was like a painting that came alive whenever I looked at it. I’ve always liked… Know More

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  • Walking on the Moon

    Seeing the TV shots of thousands of fans collecting for their mourn-ins for Michael Jackson in different parts of the world was a reminder that in the Internet age people will gather for a rave or a funeral, equally voraciously, driven by mobile phones, blogs and social networking. Twittering hype transcends any real depth of… Know More

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  • Missing the link – out of the loop

    Very occasionally, owing to the exigencies of fate, you can travel blissfully unaware of something that has been going on for years. I am not talking about a spouse’s affair or a tumour silently gorging itself on some part of your body, or the fact that an inter-stellar domino effect of galactic implosions will be… Know More

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  • Of Kakis and Coconuts

    I’m in France again under a sky like half a starling’s egg. The garden has survived the winter (it rained and there is still snow on Mount Canigou to feed the rivers). I had a bad dream that the kaki tree would have died but it is there, glossy leaved and sprightly. If you haven’t… Know More

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  • A Cloud over Cuckoo Land

    I am leaving Ghana tomorrow for the UK and then France. France is where my house is. It is smallish and on the lap of Mount Canigou in the Pyrenees, with a thirty-mile vista one way and a vertical rock face a little behind. I have seen eagles slide over it, wild boar tramping across… Know More

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  • The corrupt world of moats, ducks and toilet seats

    From a Ghanaian perspective, the behaviour of UK MPs regarding their expenses seems small beer. Here, the papers are reporting how the current left of centre government is trying to eradicate a pervasive bribe culture. The most paradoxical story I read on this subject was when a Ghanaian businessman took two men to court who… Know More

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  • Members of Parliament

    To most of us MPs seem to be missing links in the historical chain that connects us with primitive humans. They roar a great deal as they hunt for votes but once in parliament their calls are different. A lot more restrained, a lot more equivocal as they move into the self-enclosed world of law… Know More

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