It is over a year since Harry’s body was found on a beach in Liberia and no explanation has been found to date. Harry and I were at prep school together in England or to be more precise in Langton Green in Kent. Harry Augustus Greaves Jnr as he wished to be known then (he emphatically insisted on the American postfix jnr having the same name as his father). Our headmaster, Mr Bairamian, or Bob as we called…
Yinka Shonibare (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinka_Shonibare) is a wonderful artist and my good friend. His work is often breathtaking – cutting across many cultures, but fundamentally African. There are some who might ask how is Shonibare so fundamentally African – basically there is a place where you arrive at in terms of artistic creation that whatever you do reflects who you are and you have no need to imitate or reflect. That is Shonibare. Whatever he does is African – you may…
Its a welcome evening with my good friend Jerry Lockspeiser (http://www.harpers.co.uk/jerry-lockspeiser/1000.bio) . Jerry has shown great devotion to Africa and has donated and helped schools in Sierra Leone. He is also major supporter of Action Aid. Tonight he is launching his new book on wine. ‘Your wine questions answered’ or as he subtitled it in his introductory talk ‘everything you wished to know about wine but were too embarrassed to ask!’ Its on Amazon -. Jerry was a major…
