In The Good Olde Days, not all that long ago, currency notes could be exchanged for gold or silver at most banks in the Western world. Indee...

Surfing online blogs and forums is a fascinating waste of time. It probably doesn’t amount to an addiction, but it’s close. I am signed on t...

Most Scots are cheerful folk, but the race does produce some individuals who are dour, humourless and just plain cranky. Ian was one of thes...

 Jay and Kay (real names changed to protect the innocent) have put Linda up twice over the years, in Australia, so we owed them. They were h...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) drives hundreds of soldiers and veterans of today’s Western armies (mainly Americans) to kill themsel...

The more we (Linda and I) think about an emergency bolthole to escape a worldwide economic collapse, the more we wonder if we’re not already...

Whatever else he is, the man is a master of propaganda. Every seller of goods or services in the world ought to be begging his advice on the...

Once you’ve made your home somewhere, it’s hard to be truly objective about the changes you see happening. You’re aware of the physical chan...

Ahh – loose, lose, what difference does it make, eh? You know what I mean. Confusing lose and loose happens not just in Cayman, but all ...

Again – or still – we are fretting over the possibility that incompetent bureaucrats (in both London and Cayman) and ignorant local politici...