“First Lady Michelle Obama visited Oxford University today, Wednesday 25 May 2011.
Mrs Obama talked to students from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language College (EGA), a secondary school for girls in North London, in Christ Church. The girls had a day-long university “immersion experience” at Oxford.
Students also visited the Ghost Forest exhibition on deforestation outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History before having lunch with their student mentors at Wadham College.”
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“The 111 (One hundred and eleven) year old, Yaa Asantewaa stool, that was taken from Ejisu in August 1900 by H.B. Russell,a British civil servant was handed over to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene.”
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on April 15th, 2011•
“Westerners might get a bit queasy when they think about eating locusts, spiders or ants, but they make up delicacies and key sources of protein in much of the world. A new movement is trying to bring them onto Western plates in an effort to save the environment.”
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on April 10th, 2011•
“In the common consciousness, a fly in your soup is considered a bit of a no-no. Imagine my surprise, then, to arrive at Oxford’s museum of natural history and find some of society’s finest – from broadcaster Martha Kearney to Comic Relief chairman Peter Bennett-Jones – guzzling a lunch of creepy crawlies.”
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on March 30th, 2011•
“An invitation to a banquet from my old friend Angela Palmer was hardly to be refused, even if the food on offer was a little — ahem — unusual. Crispy Colombian leafcutter ants, anyone? Or how about oven-baked barbecue flavoured mealworms?”
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on March 28th, 2011•
“Saltamontes, grillos, hormigas, langostas, gusanos y otros insectos podrían contribuir a luchar contra las hambrunas y convertirse en parte de la dieta del futuro. La universidad británica de Oxford organizó un banquete con estas “delicias”, algunas de ellas procedentes de América Latina, para paladares poco acostumbrados a ellas.”
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on March 13th, 2011•
“Dining with the Colombian ambassador at his London residence is a challenging culinary adventure – and not for those of a delicate constitution. Mauricio Rodríguez Múnera is a renaissance man, with a background in business and journalism. He is partial to sharing his passion for Atta laevigata, an exotic leaf-cutter ant, which he describes with schoolboy enthusiasm: “Their bottoms are huge – in Colombia we call them hormigas culonas – roughly translated as ‘big-ass ants’. I love them.” He has regular supplies sent to his ambassadorial kitchen in London’s Belgravia.”
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on January 31st, 2011•
“The Ghost Forest, an artwork comprising ten gargantuan uprooted trees, forms an imposing sight in front of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Each tree measures over 100 feet and lies on its side on a plinth, its leaves lost, bark weathered, roots exposed. They are a powerful reminder of the drastic rate at which we are removing the ‘world’s lungs’ through deforestation and responses so far have been emotionally charged.”
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on January 26th, 2011•
“A verdant forest is more beautiful than a razed wasteland; a tree grander than a stump. But in a certain context, the gnarled nether roots of an exposed stump can impress too.”
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on January 13th, 2011•
“When travelling in Oxford, you would expect to cycle past numerous spires, museums and libraries. However, many of you will probably have been surprised to see a dilapidated rainforest in the midst of our student city, resting on the lawns of the Natural History Museum.”
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