In 1516 Thomas Morus published his “Utopia”, the design of an ideal community. Vulnerable as he sensed it to be, he placed it on an imaginary island.
Photos (c) Wolfgang Schaub
A recent debate in the Foreign Affairs Committee about the Constitutions of British Overseas Territories has sparked interest in territories in the South Atlantic.
A year went by ever so quickly. I found myself back in Cape Town, preparing myself to return to Tristan da Cunha, in September, and could not believe it. It seemed like only yesterday since I made this voyage last year.
Photo (c) James Glass (Tristan Times) The baptism of Deanna Rogers during the Sunday Mass on 27th September 2009
The Baltic Trader carrying the islands cargo, which included the material for the new Post Office and Museum, as well as the new Police station, arrived on Saturday the 3rd October after a 10-day trip, from Cape Town
The possibility of a visit to Tristan arose out my immediate “I will” to Bishop Garth’s query whether anybody would like to spend a few months on Tristan. That was at our March Chapter meeting on the last Thursday of the month. By Monday I had received a response from Fr Chris Brown, the beginning of our routine of questions on my part and his detailed and often evocative answers.