With my own children now at primary school age, I realize the importance of them learning some key lessons that should hold them in good stead for the rest of their lives. One of these lessons is learning what “no” means. It’s incredible how many adults I have met who still do not know what...Read More

Armed with my Banda copies, I would march into 5B business class looking ever so confident with my pre-prepared over head projector (OHP) slides ready for all comers. The burly boys in the back row were suitably unimpressed as I swung into action, but I ploughed on regardless. Business class last thing on a Friday...Read More

Agh the smell of the spirit, the beating click click click of the drum as you turned it, the remnant of wax on your fingers … I come to pay homage to the old Banda machine (as we called it in England). Invented in 1923 and basically not developing much since, destined to be put...Read More