A MAURITIAN SUCCESS STORY!

  Well done to Randy and Andy, who won a Time Out ‘Love London’ award in recognition of the superb food and warm Mauritian welcome on offer at their café and art space at Elephant & Castle in the Artworks container park off Elephant Road. Get down to Marcel & Sons as soon as you can to sample Mauritian specialities with a cordon bleu twist … it’s an unforgettable experience and one you will want to...

LAWYERS, LUCRE AND CHAGOS

LAWYERS, LUCRE AND CHAGOS   This morning’s Financial Times reports that  Geoffrey Cox QC, MP, earned £870,867 last year as a full time barrister. Jon Snow of Channel 4 news tweeted this information adding that during the course of the year the learned gentleman spoke in the House of Commons on only ten occasions. The people of Torridge and West Devon must be wondering if they are really getting good value from...

IS THE WORLD TAKING NOTE?

THE EX PRIME MINISTER & NOW THE EX GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF MAURITIUS ARRESTED! IS THE WORLD TAKING NOTE?   Following on from the recent arrest of the ex Prime Minister of Mauritius Navin Ramgoolam, now the ex-governor of the Bank of Mauritius, Mr. Rundheersing Bheenick, has been arrested and charged with a number of crimes; including money laundering, ‘larceny in receipt of wages’, ‘possession of stolen...

World War 1 centenary tribute to the Anderson and ...

  World War 1 centenary tribute to the Anderson and Blackburn family ancestry of Mauritius World War 1, known as the Great War, officially commenced on 28 July 1914 and lasted four years until 11 November 1918. The United Kingdom entered the Great War on 4 August 1914, which in turn implicated all British Allied Nations, of which Mauritius was one of the Indian Ocean islands to show allegiance. According to Daniel Elie...

CHAGOS – Free exhibition at the Blue Penny M...

CHAGOS ! exposition gratuite au Blue Penny Museum du 25 juin au 6 septembre   Faire une exposition sur la culture chagossienne constitue un défi à relever pour plusieurs raisons. Même s’il ne s’agit pas d’une exposition sur l’excision des Chagos à proprement parler, fondamentalement, la justification de cette manifestation culturelle puise dans ce fait historique sa raison d’être. Lorsqu’un crime a...

Gallanty of Mauritius: how a queen named a family

 A fallen handkerchief. Gallanty of Mauritius: how a queen named a family   Chris Canter, 2014   Imagine you ran into a queen and she gave you a nickname which became your family name as well as that of your descendants. Here is the story of such a family.     Three hither, three thither Times were hard for Mauritian sugarcane planters – let alone the labourers they employed – in the latter...