Elizabeth Watkins

Andrea Tone

Prescription Drugs in History

Medicating Modern America

Oscar Watkins was a Bisley shot and a hockey ""Blue"" for Oxford University; a cavalry trooper in the Boer War; a magistrate on the Kenya Slave Courts which freed the slaves early in this century; Commandant of the 400,000-strong Carrier Corps in the East Africa Campaign in World War I; acting Kenya Chief Native Commissioner and Provincial Commissioner; and the first editor of a Swahilli newspaper which, under his editorship, gained the largest circulation of any paper in Africa. He strove unceasingly to protect the interests of the African peoples. Resisting the pressures from European settlers for more labour to be made available to work on their farms, and for more land to be made available for European settlement, he found himself on a collision course with the settlers and their fiery leader Lord Delamere, and a Governor who was inclined to take their part. This tribute to Oscar Watkins is written by his daughter.

Biography of O.F. Watkins

Oscar from Africa

Some people achieve far more than their time on earth should allow, making a real difference to many, yet unrecognised by most.Olga Baillie-Grohman is one such person. The summary of her life reads as an extraordinary catalogue of events ? born in Austria within hours of Adolf Hitler and Charlie Chaplin, she married a Kenyan soldier-settler and was recruited to British Intelligence work. Her second marriage to a senior Government official enabled her to fulfil many missions in life - elected as the first female member of the Nairobi City Council followed by the Kenyan Legislative Council, Olga used her standing to advance better urban housing for African's, education for the continents women and as a representative to the smaller coffee farmers. Olga?s story is one that should not be forgotten as it is a guiding light for putting the world to rights and an inspiration to others.

Repressing the Irrepressible

Olga in Kenya

William Watkins

Did you know the quickest game of connect 4 was won in 42 seconds and 3 moves, or originally strawberries were blue, but in 1942 Coca-Cola decided to paint all strawberries red? These facts, if you call them facts, are not actually true, but combine them with a thousand other facts (over 44 topics) and funny illustrations, you'll have the best joke book money can buy! Whether in the pub or at home, there's a fact for everyone, unless you're from Kentucky, where the complexity of these jokes will fry your mind.

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