In my Town and Country blog-post of 18 th December 2011, I noted some of the cultural differences between townies and country folk, ...

The New Hebrides (now the independent nation of Vanuatu) was an Anglo-French condominium in the Pacific Ocean – and a Franco-Britannique on...

There is a strong desire here to vote out all the present MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) at the next general election. It won’t ...

The headline in last Friday’s newspaper read Cayman friendliest country in the world . Beneath it, the usual braggadocio and false compariso...

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...