In his book “Two Thousand Seasons”, African writer Ayi Kwei Armah says that it will take two thousand seasons to work through what slavery has done to mankind – “a […]
Monthly Archives: July 2002
David Swatling explores the extraordinary life and work of Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943). She created 1300 gouaches, or water colours, depicting her life in only 18 months while living […]
When the 14th AIDS Conference was held in Barcelona, the battle against HIV was in what was described as the “good-wish-list” phase. There were many arguments for and against what […]
Over 400 years ago, in 1602, the Dutch East India Company was set up with trading posts all over the world, and it grew into the first and biggest multinational […]
Hélène Michaud visits Guédelon in France where a medieval castle is being built with the same tools and techniques as 800 years ago. The workers are volunteers or people without […]
When this programme was made at the start of the century, Athens was undergoing a radical face-lift in feverish preparation for Greece’s hosting of the 2004 Olympics. What started out […]
Dheera Sujan revisits Jagriti, a small school in a New Delhi slum where she taught as a volunteer some years ago. When the Indian government decided to relocate the slum […]
“Hopefully now with the return to peace, Angolans will be able to go back home, rebuild their lives and restore their dignity”, says Tony Hodges, one of the world’s leading […]