Part and parcel of being an "expat" (a.k.a. WASP immigrant) is an obligation to sporadically return to the Motherland. For m...
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Being a Global Citizen
The news lately...well, it's been horrifying. Ranging from the tragic (the numerous attacks by ISIS in Muslim nations during the hol...
I am English, therefore I am weather-obsessed
Man, do I have "grass is greener" syndrome. When it snowed on and off for 5 months between November 2012 and March 2013, I boo...
Polari
As a bit of an amateur anthropologist, I am fascinated by language - how it affects our perception of the world around us, and our relatio...
Mudlarking
Something I have discovered from my travels is that I feel most at peace by a body of water: in Isla Vista I had the crashing waves of ...
Return to the North
This week I made the second and last of my 'farewell' excursions, to see my sister in her new home in Hale, south of Manchester....
How to be a tourist in London
Once upon a time, the British were known for their politeness and good manners. Now we are consistently voted some of the most obnoxious...
Eating (and drinking) in Manchester
I've just moved out of Manchester and back to the family homestead in southwest London, and I think the things I'm going to miss ...
I ♥ MCR
I've spent two out of my three years at university living in Manchester, and despite the infamous year-round rain, I've loved i...
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