by Richard | Oct 28, 2010 | Africa, Gear, Journalism, Photography, Travel, Uganda
Today was my last proper day of class and the lucky beans are back on the sidewalks. There is one more assignment to be handed in – a whale-esque 5,000 word nonfiction piece – but barring some intervention from the gods of unanticipated disasters, I can...
by Richard | Oct 20, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, South Africa, Travel
Cradock is an unexceptional town. It was founded around 1818 and has served, for the most part, as a stopping off point for people going to other places ever since. It’s a small town, and like many small towns, has come to invest not inconsiderable effort in...
by Richard | Oct 7, 2010 | Africa, Journalism, Travel, Uganda
Grahamstown, and journalism, was never about being a reporter. Like anything really, truly worth doing, it was about something bigger. It was in part about sharpening my storytelling. But also that over the years, travel brought me to realise how deep the shadow at...
