Eyup! It’s Yorkshire Day!
Now I might no longer live in God’s Own Country, but there’s nowt like Yorkshire Day for reminding me of ‘ow gradely the old home country is. I won’t embarrass …
Category: Abroad
RIP Your Royal Highness
I won’t make this a very long post, nor will I rehash the late Prince Philip’s life – we’ve all got Wikipedia/the Beeb/vicious Twitter trolls to do that for us. …
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
I have my US-based friend Tunku Varadarajan to thank for alerting me to this absolutely delicious story first thing this morning, while I was having my pre-morning-run cuppa and perusing …
Mount Everest has grown
International Mountain Day (today) seems the perfect day to share the breaking news that Mount Everest is now, officially, a whole 86cm higher. Over the years, Nepal and China have …
Congratulations America!
As a non-American, I’ve been pretty darned emotional this morning, weeping away at the speeches and scenes from Delaware, the dancing in the streets, and the joyful scenes in New …
“Please to remember the fifth of November..”
“…gunpowder, treason and plot…” You all remember the nursery rhyme, right”? “Remember, remember, the Fifth of NovemberGunpowder treason and plotI see no reason why gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot” This …