Download: Buxton-FriendshipExpress Newsletter- March 2016
Our March 2016 issue of Buxton-Friendship Express is here. We are happy to share it with you.
This month, we saw an frightening number of earthly departures from our community. We’ve listed some of them on page 18.
Among them were three distinguished public servants: Weygand Younge, a former engineer at the Linden Bauxite company, who helped in the design of Guyana’s Independence Arch; William Haslyn Parris, former Deputy Prime Minister, Bauxite Company chief executive, economist, teacher, author, constitutional scholar, and proprietor of the popular Pisces Bar; Clyde Raymond Roopchand, former economist, teacher and philanthropist. Continue reading
There is a vision of what a progressive Britain could be. It’s called Canada
There is a vision of what a progressive Britain could be. It’s called Canada
Imagine a West Wing episode come to life, and that’s basically Justin Trudeau. The winsome blew up the internet again this week via an old photo of him larking about for the cameras, balancing his entire weight on his wrists on the edge of a desk in trademark manly-but-sensitive fashion. One more for a photo album that so far includes Trudeau cuddling pandas, Trudeau proudly proclaiming himself a feminist, Trudeau wearing a Barbie-pink sweatshirt in solidarity with kids bullied for looking different – and of course a newly elected Trudeau last autumn answering questions about why half his new cabinet was female, with the words “because it’s 2015”, and a shrug that clearly meant “so deal with it”. [Read more]
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