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...In a few months the ground would be dried up — “as bare as a badger’s arse”, said Lord....
...This is on the grounds that many African leaders are well remunerated and hardly need handouts when they step down....
...The poacher walked down a track and we’d jump out, spray pepper balls and grab them. Then they’d change their tactics. Eventually we were allowed to carry guns.”...
...John Hughes: A Life in Film, by Kirk Honeycutt, Race Point, RRP$40 Giant coffee-table tribute to the oddly under-discussed John Hughes (1950-2009), who remains ceaselessly influential as a writer, producer...
...But it was worth every lost moment of sleep to get up before the chill dawn and drive out of town to board a hot-air balloon....
...“Let someone else …continue where I left off,” Theroux writes, ground down by the poverty and corruption....
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