Juliana’s Story

By Dr Angela Hobart ‘Juliana lights up any room she is in with her strength of spirit, warm heartedness, insight into human nature and care for others.’  Juliana’s colleague at Citizens Advice Bureau. Juliana Keza is a Rwanda genocide survivor who was trafficked to England in 2002, after she lost her…

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 Character Sketch of my Mum, Angela

By Maya She walked like the wind, as though an invisible force propelled her down the paving stones of London, whizzing in and out of the Underground, her head bobbing up and down along with crowds of tourists and other Londoners. Her favourite place was the British Museum. Chances are,…

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The Sutasoma Trust: Angela Hobart’s mission to bridge cultures

Angela Hobart founded The Sutasoma Trust in 1990 with the aim of supporting humanitarian and educational endeavours in Asia. Today Sutasoma website is an independent project. One of our goals is to raise awareness through the media for some of the projects we support. Its first projects included helping open…

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Centro Incontri Umani

“The Centro Incontri Umani is a heritage site.  It carries on the spirit of my parents and their lineage, which brings in a love of the arts, especially music, scholarship, and their wish to benefit others and to beautify and heal the world a bit.” Dr Angela Hobart. Angela is…

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EXILE

“No matter where we come from, how we look or what language we speak, inside we are all the same and yearn for the same things: that is to feel safe and to be treated with dignity. We all have the same emotions and feelings and only want our families to…

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THE GERMAN WHO DEFIED HITLER

By Maya Hobart My grandfather, Edmund Stinnes, was born in Germany in 1896. He was the eldest son of the German industrialist Hugo Stinnes. My great-grandfather was successful in the mining, shipping and coal industries and employed over 250,000 workers. There was a currency named after him called the Hugo Stinnes Mark. I know he…

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The Poet Who Inspires People With His Words

 David Malin 1957- 2018 Publisher by Outside Voices David Malin was a child prodigy who began writing poetry at the age of six. He studied English literature at Cambridge University. His poetry evokes the spirit of both the Beat Poetry Movement and the great British tradition of Romantic Poetry, following in the footsteps…

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South East Asia

The photo depicts the beauty and grace of many of the Balinese people. They captivated the imagination of writers and artists including Mexican artist, Miguel Covarrubias.  Many ancient civilizations embodied sacred wisdom.

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Ghost of a Chance

By Maya He’s in his study and wears a suit and tie He caresses the gold watch in his pocket, A gift from his grandfather when he was a boy. It seems another perfectly ordinary day, The girls are scurrying down the stairs The little one, a girl with blue-grey…

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