Barlow's Cayman
Saturday, February 14, 2015

The right to die

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In a blog-post called The Gay Marriage Thing in March last year, I recognized that the legalization of same-sex marriages in effect dismiss...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Give a Kid Breakfast

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One of Cayman’s most emotive charity-appeals is for children who arrive at school without having been fed any breakfast. A newspaper report ...
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Hobson’s Choice (eating well)

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When I was a boy… [Surely one of the benefits of becoming an old codger is that you can get away with reminiscences beginning with “When I w...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Standards in Public Life (in Cayman)

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Having Cayman as a colony is not all fun and games for the British Government. The poor old FCO (Foreign & Commonwealth Office) goes to ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

X is for Xmas (the A-Z of blogging)

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I came across a website the other day that challenged readers to write a series of 26 essays, within a selected theme, each essay to be iden...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

Cousin Harry and the Branson girl (India 1905)

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Several cousins and ancestors on my Barlow side were involved (to a greater or lesser degree) in the maintenance of the British Empire’s Ind...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Tough as old boots (local foods)

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We have become local-food fanatics in our old age. It’s taken us a long time to see the light, but what can I tell you? We’re slow learners....
Sunday, November 30, 2014

“Tebow Time!” (American Football)

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One of the sporting icons of recent times was a nine-days wonder – a young American Football Quarterback (QB) named Tim Tebow. A champi...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Minimum Wage in Cayman

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The idea of a formal minimum wage is very attractive. Nobody should have to spend every hour of his waking life working just to keep body a...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Who sold ISIS all those Toyotas?

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Could it have been a Cayman company? Not directly, of course – dear me, no! But those who understand how offshore tax-havens work, recognize...
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