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As previously indicated, under the excellent Chairmanship of former Foreign Office COO Peter Jones, Oxford House has been engaged in a prolonged Transition Process. This has taken time but has borne rich fruit. The mission, vision and values of OH have been cross-examined, carefully refined, and eagerly readopted. My sense is that as an inspiring […]
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It was with great sadness that we received news of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s death at Balmoral Castle, Scotland on 8 September 2022. During her long reign, the British sovereign was a beacon of light, hope, faith, civility and reconciliation. She will be sorely missed by many millions around the world. Queen Elizabeth’s work […]
Continue ReadingI am delighted to welcome as new Senior Associates Prof. William Inboden, an expert on US foreign policy, who heads the Carter Center at the University of Texas, Austin), Prof. Remco Breuker, an eminent Koreanist at Leiden University, and Randy Tift, an old friend with extensive international and development experience, who was until recently a senior […]
Continue ReadingJuggling the multiple demands of managing Oxford House can be taxing! Much has happened in the last three months, as I have been reporting on my personal Linkedin page. Remembering to transfer that ‘news’ to the OH website has not always been easy! Anyway, here goes to bring you up to speed, with a few […]
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who died on 7 November, was a towering figure in my life, as he was in so many lives inside and outside the Jewish community. I first encountered him in the 1960s, when he was barely 20. My father had heard him speak – I think during or soon after the […]
Continue ReadingAfter a slight late-summer and early-autumn hiatus (partly seasonal and partly caused by the volume of other work) Oxford House ‘news’ now comes back on stream, with apologies for the delay. From the last few days: Rahil Patel and I have now completed and circulated a new (17pp.) paper on India: ‘Religious relations’: Modi, the Hindu Rashtra […]
Continue ReadingA ‘Memorandum of Cooperation’ with the Municipality of Tirana to develop a new golf programme in Albania. At present there are no golf courses in the country. Part of our work is to ensure the project is culturally sensitive and ethically robust. We have a world class team working on this. Conversations with a creative water […]
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