On Friday I had my ‘fete des femmes rurale’ event which ended up being part of a big department (county)…

  I am at my best At work when I have an idea and I am full of hope. There…

The journey to Nuwara Eliya directly inland was really interesting as I saw a swathe of Batticaloa I had not…

At festival times you see a lot of sheep riding about on motor bikes no doubt about to get killed and…

This week we had the Peabody Employee conference. This is my second conference attendance. There are now approximately 1,000 employees…

This week-end, because it is a poya day on Monday I went to Anuradhapura which is a day’s journey from…

  As I grapple with the do I come home early decision, I am thinking a lot about what this…

I saw this ‘wow’ chair in an interior design shop in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia this year.  The exercise was something…

Yesterday my VSO boss came to visit me for the first and last time. It was extraordinary in its disjointed…

My own attempts at ‘elevage’ have met a lot of death. Last week, Mabel the sheep died. Basically she was…

Out of all the Peabody estates in North West London that I work on, Dalgarno Gardens W10 is one of…

  Friday was a bit torrid, but not a total surprise. Basically big wig provincial (next level up from district)…