The shitting fields

India 21-04-11: Driving towards Delhi from Mathura, early in the morning as the sun came up, mist rising,

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Bridge over the River Yamuna

India 20-03-11: We crossed a bridge. It was a railway bridge, with a small walkway to the side

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Where have all the cats gone

India 19-03-11: It was just a sensation at first, a feeling that something was missing, something you couldn’t

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Parading through a warzone

India 19-03-11: “You cannot go down there.” And who was I to argue with two uniformed policemen? This

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Stereotypical rivers

India 18-03-11 If in any doubt at all (photographically speaking) head straight for water. Immediately as a photographer

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Childhood memories by Barbara Wace

These notes (and they are only notes) by Barbara on her childhood were kindly passed on to me

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The Olympic Games in Berlin 1938 – by Barbara Wace

Written by Barbara in April 1995: I worked as a short hand typist at the British Embassy in

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America, 1940 – by Barbara Wace

Written by Barbara in April 1995: In the darkest days of 1940, when France had fallen and public

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The voyage back to England, 1940 – by Barbara Wace

Written by Barbara in April 1995: Leaving for England in 1940 was a rather lonely business, for you

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Cold, tired and high in Ladakh

India 16-03-11 It wasn’t that cold. Or rather it didn’t feel that cold. It was dry, drier than

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