So, our mini European marathon is nearly over… I am currently sitting in the fast train from Amsterdam to Brussels – hoping that it will make a better job of getting me to my destination than the local train I had booked to get me from Brussels to Amsterdam. (For anyone’s …
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Moroccan PS
I was just filing away the Moroccan photos when I came across this, whichI felt I had to share.... The felt man, with a very posh (for Morocco) workshop just outside the walls of Marrakech. He made these lovely South American style bowler hats, pixie boots, some very smart flat …
Morocco…
In the political cauldron of north Africa, Morocco, at least for now, appears to offer a haven of peace and prosperity. Unlike Algeria, where the legacy of French colonialism was truly toxic, in Morocco it seems to have been mainly beneficial – maybe because Morocco was never a …
‘FreeFrom’ in the Himalayas wins ‘Best for the local award economies’
Way back in 2007 I spent a wonderful two weeks walking in the foothills of the Himalayas courtesy of the then quite new Village Ways eco-holiday group - an initiative which enables remote villages to become self-sustaining by entertaining visitors who want to walk in their hills. …
Fairtrade olive oil from Palestine – mmm…!
Recently my good friend, the Iraqi artist Khulood Da'mi, took me to a delightful 'oud' evening run by Common Ground and CADFA who organise exchange groups of Palestinian and British children. Apart from the children's singing and some fine music from Kefaya and Nizar …