– With Dr Susan Merrell
Me, Shirley Bassey and our school By Susan Merrell To say that Splott School [where I was to attend for my first two years of secondary school] was a school with a bad reputation is an understatement. Before two years prior, when the ‘eleven plus’ exam was abolished, it was a school that the pupils […]
I recently revisited this article that I wrote for the magazine Mailife back in 2017 (reproduced hereunder). It coincided with the publication of my book Redeeming Moti and its launch in Suva. In particular, I could only note with sadness the irony of some of my words, especially considering Julian’s sudden death just three years […]
As we cautiously slide into 2021, happy to leave behind a disastrous year, I am aware that, for some of us, we are leaving loved ones behind there too. What’s more, Covid-19 has meant that we have been unable to mourn their passing as we would have liked. However, most have done their best to […]
This is the story as told to me by Julian Moti and as I experienced it. Dr Susan Merrell is a political commentator/journalist with 11 years experience commenting on politics in the Pacific. Her no-holds-barred commentaries and political analysis have enlivened the political debate in Melanesia in a context where politicians are rarely held to account […]
