Driving into the Belize jungle in search of…
Writing about Gurkhas and Nepal in my previous two blogs got me thinking about another small country in which the British and their military have long been involved: Belize, formerly […]
Writing about Gurkhas and Nepal in my previous two blogs got me thinking about another small country in which the British and their military have long been involved: Belize, formerly […]
I learnt of the Gurkhas well before I got to know Chicken Saab–of previous blog–through my father’s stories about them from when he was posted as an army dentist to […]
This U.S. Memorial Day I thought I’d offer up one of my recollections of a soldier I knew during my time with the British Army: He commissioned into the Gurkhas […]
Now while I may whinge–as in my last blog–about America’s never-ending commercials and materialistic suffocation, when it comes to the constant stream of disaster movies coming through the multiplexes, I’ve […]
After a couple of years here I have to admit that American television adverts have nearly broken me: the frequency and incessant repetition, the mindless drivel, and the fact they ruin […]
Last week President Barack Obama was in town for a tour of Austin’s high-tech industry which I got to hear about through a friend who managed to join the press […]
One of the interesting things about West Berlin was that it didn’t sit at the border of West and East Germany, as you might expect, rather it was entirely separated […]
Despite all the high-level politicking and antagonism between the opposing forces during the Cold War, there was an agreement with the Russians which allowed British officers in uniform to venture […]
Living the life of an expat, non-resident alien or whatever I am here in America means that connections with family have to continue through various means: be it Skype to […]
Texans are a rambunctious lot who can charm and alienate in equal measure. The other day at the State Capitol I was in the gift shop buying a few postcards […]