Alain Catzeflis
Britain needs immigrants. So why are we driving them away?
So it’s business as usual. The government is pressing ahead with its post-Brexit immigration system despite suggestions that the Covid-19...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
Covid: Coping with uncertainty
The news that Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s chief political adviser, and his sidekick Ben Warner, have been attending meetings of the...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
THE THREAT TO ANGKOR
The temples of Angkor once engulfed by jungle are in danger of being crushed by tourism. Tourists clambering Angkor Wat which is...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 8, 2020
- 4 min
THE JEWS OF THESSALONIKI
At the Jewish museum I found a memorial to the Jews of Salonika. It included members of a family who were our neighbours in Alexandria...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 8, 2020
- 4 min
PHNOM PENH DIARY
Walk in Phnom Penh with hope in your heart and an unerring belief in the goodwill of your fellow road users. The Mekong from the Phnom...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 8, 2020
- 6 min
MOZAMBIQUE
Fishing, money, mobiles, corruption and beauty MOBILE REVOLUTION Want to brighten up your shop or your house ? Vodacom will give you the...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
THE SNAKE THAT TAKES YOU ALL THE WAY TO HELL
Riding on Cambodia's first train since the end of the Khmer Rouge There are few trains where you can sit (willingly) on the floor by an...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
CAMBODIA
A country being steadily mortgage to the Chinese Cambodia has a special place in the hearts of south-east Asia lovers which is at once...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 7, 2020
- 2 min
ZIMBABWE
Plus ca change plus c'est les mèmes salauds AMAZON AFRICA-STYLE Thoso (not his real name) leans against the bull-bar on my 4x4 Toyota...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 7, 2020
- 2 min
LESOTHO
Trapped inside South Africa's cold embrace Samuel is one of many migrant workers who leave the mountain kingdom of Lesotho to find work...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
CUBA: PERPETUAL REVOLUTION IS EXHAUSTING
“ What are the three great triumphs of the Revolution? Education, healthcare and sport. What are the three failings? Breakfast, lunch and...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
DJIBOUTI: A 5-star caravanserai for the world's armies
We arrived back at the gates of our hotel from a pizza and Ethiopian St George's beer in downtown Djibouti to find the road blocked by...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 4, 2020
- 3 min
ETHIOPIA
The abiding mystery of the oldest surviving Christian church Along a pretty, fertile valley in Tigray that feels more like Jordan or...
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Alain Catzeflis
- Aug 4, 2020
- 5 min
THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS
' A dirt road, of sorts, winding its way through hairpin bends and roller-coaster vistas littered with rockslides and craters , that cuts...
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