After 32 years of calling Stafford home and a decade working to counter extremism, I never imagined I would hear openly racist rhetoric in my own town centre. On a sunny autumn Saturday, calls to “take our town back” gave way to language echoing the infamous white supremacist David Lane’s 14 Words. When did hatred, fuelled by misinformation and fear, become so acceptable in our communities? And whose future are we really trying to protect?
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Under the Shade of the Nyala Tree
There are some holidays that give you photographs, some that give you stories and then there are those that somehow manage to give you both, alongside memories that you know will still make you smile many years from now. South Africa has certainly been one of those. Our adventure began far away from the bustleContinue reading “Under the Shade of the Nyala Tree”
