WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 African leaders converged on Washington on Tuesday to begin three days of talks on issues central to the future of the continent and the world, including health, food security, climate change, civil wars and even the exploration of outer space. The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit this week, …
Read More »Songs, stories and sea kayaking: a writer returns to the Outer Hebrides
One reason that I love going to Howmore in South Uist – the second-largest island of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides – is that it reminds me of aspects of my childhood. Growing up in my home village in Ness near the Butt of Lewis at the northern tip of the Western …
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