Lower Omo Valley update

Dramatic news from the Lower Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Lale Labuko, who has been working for years to end the practice of ritual infanticide among the tribes there, has scored a major triumph. In a ceremony in Dus village, the elders of the Kara and Benna tribes announced that the killing of babies and children…

Rainy season in Koh Samui

Rainy season in Koh Samui for the Telegraph. This is what I call great weather: monsoons blowing in, rain squalls and storm light, then sunshine. I have been marvelling at electrical cables, attending water buffalo fights, and taking philosophy lessons from an eighteen inch long Tokay gecko who lives in the rafters of this villa.…