I went to Senegal partly to interview Youssou N’Dour on his home turf. He is probably Senegal’s most famous person (though football fans might disagree) and is certainly responsible for bringing African music to the West and creating ‘world music’ as a category in record stores. Youssou collaborated with Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel in [...]

I am in Dakar, Senegal. There’s a purpose to my visit – but I’ll write more on that when I get back to London. This is my fourth time in Africa, after Uganda, Tanzania and Tunisia last year, but my first time in West Africa. It’s quite different, in particular the women are much more [...]

www.flickr.com Niltiac1′s Cotswolds 2007 photoset Sometimes it seems that I’m always off to some exotic place or another but I’m also keen to see more of the UK. Many parts are very beautiful and there is huge variety in such a small island. We are lucky enough in England to have two long weekends (known [...]