This article about DFID was first published in the Scottish newspaper The National (a paper which supports Scottish independence, which I don’t, but they also support freelance journalism which I do).
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The London media have said little of interest …
My brother’s house in Kathmandu is old, narrow and tall. At the bottom of the house is a dark room which doubles up as an entrance hall and bicycle garage. This is where I am, getting ready to cycle across …
I wrote this article in Kathmandu this Spring but put it on hold when my mother died…only now am I publishing the last of my articles from Nepal. This one has some pretty cool photos and also gives an insight …
INTRO: I wrote this article on burnout six months ago when I was in Nepal. But the death of my Mother in June made me unable to write about anything but her (did you see this article in which I …
After several hours hard trekking we reach the mountain village of Syabru Besi. It’s mid morning and the sun hasn’t come over the mountains yet. I look forward to sitting down in a tea house and having a cup of …
Maya runs a lovely little guest house, four hours walk from the nearest road. She’s a hustler. She sits on her terrace and calls out to the hundreds of trekkers who plod past every day, using her handful of English …