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My African cow
March 1996 • 1,038 words • City of Words
I wonder how my cow is getting on. Her name is Nyang—the crocodile—a reference to the dark-brown brindled colour of her hide. I bought her… more»
Problems with plastic
November 1996 • 839 words • City of Words
All that is solid melts into air. Or decays in some less pleasing manner. Plastic, for example, distorts and discolours over time. It melts, not… more»
The lion-tracker’s
packing list
9 April 1996 • 1,050 words • City of Words
I drove in from Athi River to Nairobi to meet Karyl off the… more»
Father of Gaia
22 September 1991 • 5,279 words • Reportage & Criticism
High on a shelf in James Lovelock’s secluded private laboratory deep in the West Country, flanked by a rack of pliers and wire-strippers, alongside a clutch of… more»
Postcards from the ice age
April 1996 • 1,012 words • City of Words
Last weekend I went to see the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery. I need hardly have bothered. Basquiat’s careless paintings draw their inspiration… more»
The Sudan Handbook
Edited by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo and Jok Madut Jok
2011 • 392 words • Books
The handbook covers Sudan, South Sudan and the North-South borderlands. It offers an authoritative introduction to the two countries, rooted in an historical account of the development of the state. The book comprises a set of eighteen essays by specialists including Abdelrahman Ali Mohammed, Peter Woodward, Gérard Prunier, Jérôme Tubiana, Derek Welsby, and Ahmad Sikainga. It is edited by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo and Jok Madut Jok. … more»
