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The thirteenth of October 2023 was international day at our younger daughters’ school in Nairobi. On that day, the whole world was...

In 1973 I was one of group of aspiring British diplomats undergoing the Foreign Office selection process.  For one exercise we were...

Two months ago, my 8-year-old niece, who is living with us, looked up from her iPad and told me that she had received 2,000 views on a...

A few weeks ago, I found myself repeatedly humming a tune of a well-known Arabic song lamenting the loss of Andalusia and its splendour.

For the last six months or so, I have been engaged in a mammoth reading project which is the biggest one I have ever undertaken...