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Lands At Stake

5th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 2501 Comments

A conversation that stuck An old conversation sticks in my mind. A decade or so later, through the synergy of passing time and the illumination provided by events, one plus one becomes three. On the [more…]

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Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Four

16th July 2024 Going Postal 5335 Comments

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Vachakos First [more…]

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Sugar subsector reforms a Herculean task for Ruto

31st January 2024 Going Postal 2283 Comments

It is commendable that the Ruto regime is taking steps to revive the sugar sector but President Ruto will require strong goodwill to succeed where his predecessors have failed. January 11, 2024 In recent years, [more…]

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Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Four

16th January 2024 Going Postal 2388 Comments

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Kefar Hanasi, Upper Galilee Not so very long ago, Gershon Epstein was a [more…]

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Kenya at 60: Field notes from the neo-colony

10th January 2024 Always Worth Saying 2590 Comments

Despite the veneer of progress, what does a historical critique of East Africa’s capitalist beacon reveal? The linked photograph shows the spectrum of nationalist politics at independence: (from left) Achieng Oneko, who introduced Kenyatta to [more…]

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Agricultural Anoraks Anonymous

12th January 2022 Columba Palumbus 4482 Comments

Growing up on a farm and later working in agriculture and related industries (on and off at least), ive spent a lot of time in Tractors, combines, telehandlers and other sundry farm machines. I freely [more…]

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The Year Turns, Part Eight

22nd September 2021 Going Postal 3774 Comments

Mabon The autumnal equinox is an important turning point in the year. The hours of day and night are balanced, indicating that the light half of the year is drawing to a close, heralding the [more…]

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The Year Turns, Part 7

1st August 2021 Going Postal 2170 Comments

Lughnasadh For me, this was always one of the festivals which seemed to slip under the radar. Which is a shame, because it’s a nice social time, with fun and games, and good food. Falling [more…]

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