In Nigeria, brown envelopes have a special significance. For Nigerian journalists brown envelopes suggest money. Cash collected after an event or an assignment to cover ‘transport costs’. It’s always ...

My weekends as a child were made instantly better when my dad would come home on Friday with the little brown envelope containing his pay. He worked in a local garage. I can see him now in his white ...

Scotland's benefits quango has stopped using traditional brown envelopes – because they make claimants feel ‘anxious’. The agency has ditched its old stationery as part of a bid to ‘ensure people in ...