Brits in the USA

As visitor attractions go the Great Dismal Swamp doesn't always feel like the most rewarding place to visit. If you go to the Grand Cany...

Newspapers in the 21st Century barely resemble the place I was first introduced to when I worked on my local paper at school. The Gloucester...

Over the weekend, or at the weekend as we say in the UK, I was unlucky enough to find myself in Sears. I’m not sure how this happened. The p...

I have a sneaking suspicion Christmas used to be more exciting than this when I was a kid. For a start it's almost 4 am and my daughter ...

The Chinese don't have a Year of the Yak but, if they did they would surely devote it to hairdressers. I braved the salon early this mor...

I'm old enough to remember the birth of television on our street. That's not to say I was around in 1925 when John Logie Baird succe...

I have a lot of regrets about my pathetically short career as a teacher. But not parting with $29.95 to buy The First Days of School isn...

Today is Saturday and it could be the first day of the rest of my life. But then so could any day. The leaves lie limp on the tree outside t...

Today I saw a girl in a busy hallway who I dimly recognized. "Mr. Cifaldi," she said, and gave me a look as if she was unsuccessfu...