What a charming, kind and generous man - and indeed, all the Skinners. A couple of decades ago now - is it really that long?- I came out to South Africa on an aid project, in the dying days of apartheid. Teaching in a Zulu school. It was all rather curious and not a little strange, for a London boy fresh out of University, who knew fresh air about anything. (Still don't). But the Skinners made me welcome - and indeed made all of our little group welcome - with tea, gin-and-tonic, a television, a swimming pool, but most of all kind, interesting, generous chat. I clearly remember talking to Chris about his experiences working in SA in PR. Curiously, those chats have come back to me repeatedly over the years, as I spent about a decade as a journalist at the BBC. I came to see quite how perceptive he had been, and indeed was. A real, genuine, gentleman, and a man of insight. I'm very sad to hear of his death. I send my love to all the Skinners - and it'd be great to hear from you all again. Richard Danbury
What a charming, kind and generous man - and indeed, all the Skinners. A couple of decades ago now - is it really that long?- I came out to South Africa on an aid project, in the dying days of apartheid. Teaching in a Zulu school. It was all rather curious and not a little strange, for a London boy fresh out of University, who knew fresh air about anything. (Still don't). But the Skinners made me welcome - and indeed made all of our little group welcome - with tea, gin-and-tonic, a television, a swimming pool, but most of all kind, interesting, generous chat. I clearly remember talking to Chris about his experiences working in SA in PR. Curiously, those chats have come back to me repeatedly over the years, as I spent about a decade as a journalist at the BBC. I came to see quite how perceptive he had been, and indeed was. A real, genuine, gentleman, and a man of insight. I'm very sad to hear of his death. I send my love to all the Skinners - and it'd be great to hear from you all again. Richard Danbury
