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Manga, Manga Everywhere But Not a Jot of Cricket

By Matt Keighley on November 30, 2010 in Asia, Featured, Japan, Photos

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My first experience of manga in Japan was not the best of introductions. I used to teach three boys, aged about eleven or twelve, at that annoying age where suddenly everything they liked two weeks...

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Thoughts on Josephine Baker

By Rosa Abbott on November 30, 2010 in Europe, Featured, North America, Photos, USA

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When Josephine Baker was cited by Miuccia Prada as one of the key inspirations behind the Prada SS10 RTW collection, it was inevitable the icon would enjoy somewhat of a Renaissance. Actress, singer, entertainer, spy,...

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Paul Costelloe at Sol Art

By Rosa Abbott on November 30, 2010 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Ireland, Photos

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There's nothing Too Gallant loves more than fashion and art, and when the twain meet it's always special. With this in mind, I'm very excited then about Paul Costelloe's exhibition at Sol Art. Image from Sol...

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Joan Dassin on the Trail to Transform Education & Local Communities

By Molly Theobald on November 30, 2010 in Africa, Photos

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In the first piece in our series of posts about the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP) and its alumni, we talk with Joan Dassin, Executive Director of the International Fellowship Fund (IFF), established in 2001 to implement and...

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Behind the FAO Seed Distribution and Biopiracy Controversy

By Danielle Nierenberg on November 30, 2010 in Africa, Asia, Burkina Faso, Central America, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Photos

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In rural parts of the developing world where many people depend on subsistence farming practices, food security is not about consistent access to a supermarket but about consistent access to seed. Small farmers typically depend...

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New Mexico’s Ortiz & Jemez Mountains Mixed with Desert

By Brian Horstman on November 29, 2010 in Featured, New Mexico, North America, Photos, USA

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During our latest trip to the US, we visited friends in their wide open land out in the northern New Mexico countryside.  While there, I bore fleeting witness to this gentle unfolding of the Ortiz...

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Green Getaways

By Jade Scully on November 29, 2010 in Asia, Australia, Bali, Europe, Indonesia, Italy, Pacific, Photos, Thailand

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When you plan your holiday getaway you have so many options available to you for a “green” vacation. There are resorts that combine luxury with sustainability which allows you to off-set your carbon footprint without...

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Quiz Night at Cape Town’s ‘The Brass Bell’

By Jade Scully on November 29, 2010 in Africa, Cape Town, Events, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Last night (8 November) after work, all of us in the house decided we felt like takeaways, and after deciding upon a quaint Chinese restaurant in our area, then realising it’s closed on Mondays, we...

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