This is a story about a small village in Africa, a story with an important message for all of us. The village is Mwanga in the beautiful plains of Tanzania. The villagers get their inspiration from Mount Kilimanjaro, a defining presence a few miles to the north on the border with Kenya. The village is…

It seems a long drive down the valley that we came up by Shinano train only the day before, the Kiso river snaking below us in a hurry to get down to the open sea. To borrow a line from ‘Out of Africa’ – ‘This water lives in Nagoya’ and is eager to get home.…

I have always felt quite at home in an aeroplane. It’s one of those times when you feel no guilt at doing absolutely nothing except stare dreamily out of the window, take your shoes off, and drink champagne. That is until I was on my latest South African visit and spending a night at the…