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Applications for Chevening Scholarships 2018/19 Now Open!

August 14, 2017

The Chevening Secretariat is accepting applications for UK Government scholarships to study in the UK in 2018/2019. Applications for Chevening Scholarships are open between 7 August and 7 November 2017, with applications to be submitted via http://www.chevening.org/apply. Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with demonstrable leadership potential who also have strong academic backgrounds. The scholarship … More Applications for Chevening Scholarships 2018/19 Now Open!

Belly Full! Book on Caribbean Cooking in the UK Now Published

June 26, 2017

Foodies, at home and abroad! Here’s some good news for you… Do you remember my post last year about the planned book Belly Full: Caribbean Food in the UK? Well, the crowd-funding was successful and the book is now out, published by Tezeta Press. Check out the website here for details. It looks fabulously yummy. Go … More Belly Full! Book on Caribbean Cooking in the UK Now Published

Transient: Moving Right Along…

June 23, 2017

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is the word “transient.” To me, this means something like “just passing through.” It suggests movement, and a fleeting moment in time. At our nephew’s wedding in Northumberland in the UK, a few years back, we sat on benches watching the sunset. It was an occasion when the family were united … More Transient: Moving Right Along…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus

June 16, 2017

Focus is an essential part of photography, you might say – along with the use of light. Sometimes a blurred focus can be just as interesting as a sharp one, so in these few photos I have included a mix of the two. In the blurry ones, there is often movement.

Europe Day Celebrations: A Shower of Rain, a Splendid Cake and Ambassador Wasilewska’s Speech

May 18, 2017

It was a beautiful evening last Monday, May 8 at Mona Visitors Lodge on the University of the West Indies campus. When I arrived, the reception for the celebration of Europe Day – and the 60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome – was already in full swing. The Head of Delegation of the European … More Europe Day Celebrations: A Shower of Rain, a Splendid Cake and Ambassador Wasilewska’s Speech

In The Debates About Immigration, “Foreign” Is Also a Noun: A Blog Post by Dr. Anne C. Bailey

May 14, 2017

Here’s a book review from Dr. Anne Bailey, Jamaican/American teacher and scholar (and blogger – you may find her blog at http://annecbailey.blogspot.com ) The topic of migration is – for Jamaicans as well as many other nationalities – an endlessly fascinating and complex one that has as much resonance as ever in various contexts. Dr. Hilary Robertson Hickling’s … More In The Debates About Immigration, “Foreign” Is Also a Noun: A Blog Post by Dr. Anne C. Bailey

Weekly Photo Challenge: Atop

March 16, 2017

This is a difficult challenge for me, because I don’t have a head for heights. I don’t really enjoy being “atop” a high building (I have dizzying memories of looking out of the window on the eighty-somethingth floor of the World Trade Center, a year or two before its demise). Clifftops and mountaintops are hardly … More Weekly Photo Challenge: Atop

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