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I have been clearing through years of clutter in my home: papers I had meant to file or get rid of; “stuff” that I have accumulated that both holds memories of my life that I wish to hold onto, and things I should have let go of ages ago and for some reason haven’t. It […]

A close friend of mine has just announced that she is having a baby, and it made me reflect on the African proverb “It takes a village to bring up a child” and more generally on the concept of family and community. What defines a community? What creates it? Supports it? Enables it, and, by […]

After spending the weekend reading the newspapers, a thought came to me. What if we challenged journalists to research all aspects of a story, not just report it? What if they were challenged to not only report on an issue or crisis, but to seek out a story of an individual or organisation that was […]