Aged 22, Patrick Nash left his parents’ home in south London with a small rucksack, two UK passports and £250 in cash. His plan was to visit a friend in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Ten months later he returned, having walked and hitch-hiked on an extraordinary and often dangerous trip from Egypt south to Kenya, then through the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria – and back north across the Sahara Desert to reach Britain.Along the way Na...

Social enterprises are tackling the triple threat of economic stagnation, social division and environmental meltdown.I became a social entrepreneur in 1980, aged 22 and this is my story of social enterprises I have started-up and led - companies, charities and co-operatives. It's a tale of highs and lows from rapid growth to financial cliff edges. I share mistakes and accidents, successes and failures, risks taken and what I learned.

Cohabiting couples and those entering religious-only marriages all too often end up with inadequate legal protection when the relationship ends. Yet, despite this shared experience, the linkages and overlaps between these two groups have largely been ignored in the legal literature.Based on wide-ranging empirical studies, this timely book brings together scholars working in both areas to explore the complexities of the law, the different ways in which individuals experience and nav...