The envoy in her office with The Canary and the Sparrow, a painting by contemporary Dutch artist Ronald Zuurmond that ‘speaks of light and space’. Photo/WILLIAM OERI
As a professional critic, I am not famed for my tact and diplomacy. But recently I took coffee with someone who is. Indeed, it is her business to be so.
I refer to Her Excellency Dr Laetitia van den Assum, Ambassador of the Royal Netherlands Government to the Republics of Kenya, Somalia and the Seychelles.
