Category: International development


  • Power to the people

    I’ve almost finished the feature for The Guardian, and although I…

  • The flying minibus revealed

    Armed guards wouldn’t let us take photos of the plane from…

  • Kyrgyz pictures up…

    Lots up on my Flickr site. Enjoy.

  • A song from Osh

    Jamilya started the self help co-operative in Gulbaar village near Osh,…

  • The Kyrgyz Red Crescent

    There’s lots of stories which will be told from the trip…

  • So, this is democracy then

    You could make an incredible road movie based on the drive…

  • The flying minibus

    Just about the only thing I remember reading in a guidebook…

  • The ripple effect: Suyorkan’s library

    It’s really not often you meet a Red Crescent Secretary General,…

  • Welcome to Bishkek

    The thing that’s really striking about Bishkek so far is how…

  • Sex, drugs and Kyrgyzstan

    Just doing the final bits of research before I head off…