Letter: Lord Haskins obituary

I first met Christopher Haskins while walking my dog on a public footpath across his farm in the village of Skidby in the East Riding of Yorkshire, more than four...

By Derek Spooner · The Guardian Opinion

I first met Christopher Haskins while walking my dog on a public footpath across his farm in the village of Skidby in the East Riding of Yorkshire, more than four decades ago. It soon became clear that he was not a typical local farmer. He had an Irish accent. His sheepdog was called Jomo, after Jomo Kenyatta, who led Kenya to independence, and I went on to meet him with Tutu, Tambo and Mbeki. He and his wife, Gilda, had campaigned vigorously against apartheid in South Africa since student days in Dublin. Continue reading...