Claire Arrowsmith is my guest this week, raised in West Africa and Paris she was always destined to live outside of the box and in her role as an aid worker for the Red Cross she has spent time in North East Congo, Sudan, Syria and now Lebanon where she took time out to speak to me from Beirut.
Last time I saw her was in Nepal where together we endured a massive 100 mph storm which spun me out but was just another day in the life of this humble, courageous and deeply caring woman.  Her message that, whilst many of us may all be freaked out to various degrees by Covid and lockdown, for a great many people in the world the lack of freedom and  the ever present threat of death and disease is the norm, and we forget our Western privilege at our peril. 

Title track composed by Jerry Hyde and Nick Van Gelder, produced by Nick Van Gelder, keyboards by Kenny Dickenson, brass by Noel Langley, vocals by Sian O'Gorman.     

Audio Engineering by Sam Williams at  Right Royal Audio