“If-” by Rudyard Kipling: a very British poem?
As I wrote a short while ago, my new year’s resolution for 2023 is to learn one poem a month off by heart. Asking friends
As I wrote a short while ago, my new year’s resolution for 2023 is to learn one poem a month off by heart. Asking friends
Cooking dinner on Friday night turned into a serious nostalgia trip —– A short while ago, I read an article by Ossiana Tepfenhart on the power of
Going through old emails just after Christmas, I found a number of travel diaries from my past adventures. These ones go back to hiking the
Settling down in a foreign culture is a truly exciting experience. It changes you in many ways. But what does it mean to integrate –
The disappearance of Kiwi shoe polish from the UK market doesn’t just show a lack of interest in formal shoe care. It is a sign
I never bothered learning poetry by heart. In fact, poetry was never really my thing – period. —– As part of our English GCSE*, we
I’ve got several big shows to get on the road in 2023: keeping my legal translation business going while building up a whole new business
This is not a divorce story, but marriage is not for me. —– When I was growing up, I held a number of assumptions about
These are my five books of the year which moved me and nourished my thoughts most in the past 12 months —– 5. The Devil You
There is the Hochblaser, that’s the bugger that beat me —– If you are going to engage in the entirely pointless but extremely satisfying sport