You may only know him as Black Mamba Man. He’s also Alistair Burton, Tredgold 2004. Here’s his latest song… a clever Zim version of Barbados (remember, Coconut Airways?)…
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You may only know him as Black Mamba Man. He’s also Alistair Burton, Tredgold 2004. Here’s his latest song… a clever Zim version of Barbados (remember, Coconut Airways?)…
There’s more on this permanent page on this site.
For any of you who remember Gary Reeve-Johnson (Founders 1984), he has a book for you all – “Spindrift – Swept from Zimbabwe” – published under the shortened name of Lloyd Johnson (Lloyd being his middle name). About the book A story of humanity, resilience and courage against the backdrop of Robert Mugabe’s tyrannical regime, it captures…
Many of you will remember Mike Potts ( Founders 1968 ), who for years ran the FOBS 100 Club in the UK (though we had contributors from around the world). Sadly, he passed away suddenly on 29th November. The funeral is on Friday in Tunbridge Wells (get in touch with me if you think you…
A titbit picked up on the Internet by James Whidborne (H’78) , with A C Grayling, one of Falcon’s better known luminaries, telling tales of canings and running away etc http://www.intelligencesquared.com/talks/a-c-grayling-on-running-away-from-boarding-school,-at-5×15 …there will, of course, always be debate about who holds the caning record. Some say it’s Tim Hawkins but did we really count them? Having listened…
The Al-Jazeera video above, from November 2014, features Martin Wheeler (Oates 1995-2000), along with the text below by Russell Beard. Good to know one of our own is doing so much good. Martin Wheeler, otherwise known as Birdman, has always had a passion for birds. The Kenyan-born ‘local hero’ runs his own bird of prey…
Photo credit: Ellen Elmendorp Award-winning journalist, David Beresford, (Hervey 1960 – 1965), passed away in Johannesburg on 22nd April after a long illness (Parkinson’s Disease. He was known and admired by his peers for three things: his dedication to his craft, a complicated personal life, and his capacity to balance the two with apparent equanimity. Those…
This book is an anecdotal memoir of my life as a young lad in Rhodesia, remembering the people and places that influenced me from an early age. The book reflects on my life of privilege in a society that was facing increasing pressures from the outside world. Then there is Anopa the young Shona boy…