I tell you what freedom is to me: No fear!
-Nina Simone

I tell you what freedom is to me: No fear!
-Nina Simone

Writing Articles is Easy – and Very Difficult

Writing Articles is Easy – and Very Difficult

Writing articles is a useful skill and the ideal way for a traveller to provide updates from the road. It’s also the best way I know of organising my thoughts. Writing short articles teaches a valuable skill – how to …
A British Newspaper Wants to Legalise Cannabis

A British Newspaper Wants to Legalise Cannabis

British newspapers are overpriced and lacking in serious content. Why spend almost two pounds on the so-called “quality” press when you can buy a slimmed down version of the Independent – the “I” newspaper – for just 40p? Another problem...
I was Wrong About the Romani Gypsies

I was Wrong About the Romani Gypsies

For many years I thought I knew the answer to the problems faced by the Romani Gypsies: education. If we could just make school more appealing to this population their situation of marginalisation would gradually end, and they would learn …
Dealing With Nationalists

Dealing With Nationalists

Some of the most interesting places in the world are beset by nationalists and extremists: minority groups wanting to break away and form an independent state; high levels of anger between ethnic groups and almost everywhere you go the people...
Can George Get a Job in Mongolia?

Can George Get a Job in Mongolia?

My friend George asked me if I thought he could get a job in Mongolia and, even though I don’t know anything about the jobs market in Mongolia I instantly replied: “of course you can.”…