Waiting for the participants at this year’s World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, USA, will be 40,000 new friends that they haven’t yet met. If…
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This summer, 45,000 Scouts from more than 100 countries will converge on West Virginia, USA for the World Scout Jamboree. I was recently asked to…
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Anyone involved in Scouting will tell you that it’s an organisation that puts great store by its history. I’m proud to have played a small…
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On Monday evening, the President of the United States of America visited the National Jamboree of the country’s Boy Scouts. In making the visit, he…
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This morning, in just a few minutes time, at 8:15am, Hiroshima and Nagasaki will fall silent as tens of thousands of people pay tribute to…
Leave a CommentI’ve been asked to share the speech I made at today’s opening ceremony for the Heads of Contingent Meeting, preparing for the 23rd World Scout…
2 CommentsThe last time I sat in the Great Hall at Bristol University’s Wills Building, I was sitting my Finals exams for my degree. Last night,…
1 CommentSo that’s it then. I’ve just left the closing ceremony of the 21st World Scout Jamboree. Outside Jamboree HQ, in the arena, 40,000 young people…
Leave a CommentI arrived this morning and, despite the rain in other parts of the country, am now a delightful shade of lobster red. The Jamboree site…
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