George Butler in Africa – Lagos, Nigeria
It is almost always the case that if you make a plan in West Africa it will change. Having decided to pass straight through Nigeria ... [read more]
George Butler in Africa – Lagos, Nigeria
It is almost always the case that if you make a plan in West Africa it will change. Having decided to pass straight through Nigeria ... [read more]
George Butler – Mining in Ghana (part two)
However, my week wasn’t over yet. The small mining town of Obuasi has the frightening figure of 90% unemployment, which means certain people will do ... [read more]
George Butler – Mining in Ghana, part one
I have caught a ‘tro tro’ down from Wa, Ghana where I had been arguing with the immigration services about my visa. There is a ... [read more]
Heidi Kingstone’s postcard from Lagos
As I write this from Lagos, Barack Obama is in Ghana talking tough to African leaders about getting their houses in order. The American President, ... [read more]
From London to Timbuktu, part one
Freelance illustrator George Butler is on a 6 month journey, travelling from London to Timbuktu and on to the equator. Each month he will ... [read more]
Cuttings from the weekend’s quality travel press (8 – 9 August 2009)
Find out which Edinburgh hotel the FT’s Rahul Jacob wishes had more substance, less style; read about an Italian cooking holiday where you have to ... [read more]
Cuttings from the weekend’s quality travel press (14-15 March 09)
The Financial Times had a Travel Gastronomy special this weekend. In case anyone could quibble with the morality of eating well as a tourist in ... [read more]