Archive | March, 2012

The Gambian Cookbook – recipes from the smiling coast

When I received a copy of a new cookbook through the post I eagerly ripped open the parcel, as I’d been looking forward to reading The Gambian Cookbook, ever since I’d been asked by the authors to review it. My first impression was that this was a comprehensive book about Gambian cooking that was long [...]

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London Wild Bird Watch

We’re going to have a stand at the inaugural London Wild Bird Watch event at the Barnes Wetland Centre! Please come along, and come and say hello.

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The rules of wuri!

I first came across the game of wuri when I saw a family playing it in a back street in Mindelo on São Vicente, one of the islands of Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa. A year later, this time on the island of Sal some locals challenged me to play wuri with them. [...]

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