As a 1960s teenager in south-west London I would never have considered reading my dad’s Manchester Guardian. A lot has changed.
After I graduated from Southampton University, I and my wife Eluned (Lyn) decided to spend a year working our way around the US. Emigrating to Alberta, Canada, was the easiest way for us to enter North America. We have now lived in Alberta for 40 years. I have worked as a land development engineer and Lyn has operated a playschool and taught family literacy.
For the last few years I have concentrated on “sustainable” developments. I am providing part-time consulting for a major Edmonton redevelopment.
The Guardian has become my main source of news and opinions – both the GW paper and the website. For thorough, unbiased coverage of world events, the Guardian is in a league of its own. I like George Monbiot, Gary Younge and Polly Toynbee, but I also appreciate the wide variety of opinions expressed throughout the paper.
My other “occupation” these days is my family – five grandchildren in Alberta and two in England. The GW helps me to expand their worldview. There is always a photo on the Eyewitnessed page that sparks their imaginations. In this way they are inheriting their great-grandfather’s open-minded interest in world events.
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