Brits in the USA

Well it's that time of year again when people drive hundreds of miles to see family members just so as they can remind themselves why th...

(note uncharacteristically heavy blog disclaimer) If you have never read The Lord of the Flies by William Golding I'd recommend you g...

Sometimes a name, or an obscure news story will open up a window to another era and allow the glamor and excitement of a past time to come...

Soooo I entered Mina Lobo's Resurrection Blogfest II at Some Dark Romantic which is quite something because I don't have time to do...

I often wonder what happened to Steady Eddie whose tiny video store was the only show in town in a small market town in rural Norfolk where ...

Recently I joined a group called InterNations which is a community for expats ie. poor misplaced and misguided souls like me who are cast ad...

I can be resistant to new technology, which is why I am writing my first blog from an iPad this morning. Overall the experience is going wel...

I'm not one for recommending anybody makes spurious bomb threats, but it's hard not to feel some sympathy for would-be bridegroom Ne...

There really are times in our lives when we know the only solution is to have a great, messy out of control party where really bad but excit...

Call me old and all that. OK just call me old - wheel out a contraption that old people use and leave me alone in a corner to dribble on mys...

It had been a while since I last drove to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, but I had to make the trip to attend a Harvest Festival this week. ...