Seven Rivers to Cross : A Mostly British Council Life (Hardcover)

Part 1 The first age, 1932-65 - seeking the right road: rural childhood and urban schooling; two years before the mast; Cambridge and Oxford; Nigeria and Cameroon - policy in practice; London - the United Africa Company Ltd; Somerset - C&J Clark Ltd, Shoemakers. Part 2 The second age, 1965-92 - in a good cause: the British Council at last - Malawi in its early years of independence; Japan in frenzied expansion; London - four jobs in three years; Malaysia in economic take-off; Romania in decline - the bear in the Balkans; London - films, television and video; Finland at the Fulcrum - the bear in the Baltic; Ethiopia and Eritrea - civil war and counter-revolution. Part 3 The third age - on home ground: coda - pensioned but not yet retired.