So, with Burma night over a week ago now, Anna and I have been counting the money and talking to Prospect Burma about what they propose to do with  it.  We’re really excited because it looks as if it will go to sponsoring 12 exiled students for a year’s university in India.
We had some much [...]

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So Burma night is over.  Two days ago in fact, and I’m emerging from the exhausted, cranky, discombobulation of the last month or so of organisation and planning,and although we’re still “clearing up” (sending thank yous, raffle prizes, contacting auction winners, etc) I think we’ll be there soon.  How tired were we?  Well, yesterday’s celebratory [...]

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I’m organising a fundraiser for next week, jointly with my amazing friend Anna Curtis. Film screening followed by a sit-down dinner and silent auction.  And it occurs to me that we’re short on men.  Part of the problem is that most of our friends are women.  This is an advantage for most of our lives, [...]

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