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Rwanda Genocide

June 21, 2014

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This is about our past and our future. Our nightmare and dreams. Our fears and our hopes which is why we begin where we end with the country we love. This is the first thing you read when you enter Kigali’s Genocide Memorial. The visit is a harrowing experience and the testimonies and photos are […]

New evidence suggests “Lucy” was no swinger

February 27, 2011

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If I said the word metatarsal, most non-scientists among you, would know exactly where this bone is in the human body – thanks to David Beckham. Beckham‘s metatarsal became a talking point and a hugely important issue to England football fans when he fractured it in the build-up to the 2002 World Cup. He’s not the only […]

Drawing on our inner ape

February 3, 2011

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Three years ago an ex-colleague of mine told me he was packing in the daily grind of sports reporting in London, for a more laid back, adventurous lifestyle in sunny Buenos Aires, Argentina. The home of football, the Tango (the dance, not the revolting carbonated drink) and some of the best beef money can buy. […]