I was very saddened to hear of the death of David Rattray, with whom I had the privilege of having lunch and then hearing speak in Hong Kong a couple of years ago.   The obituary in the Telegraph does him justice... the comments about listening to him relate the story of Isandlwana truly was goose bump stuff.. it was theatrical, emotional and passionate.

He's been talking about it for ages, but finally he's done it.   Brixton Boy has quit his job and headed off on a 12 month round the world tour.

Brixton Boy's blog is here.  Visit and leave messages - hopefully he will be checking and will be able to tell us what a good time he's having.