Brits in the USA

I took my daughter on a mini vacation to D.C. recently because the need for a cultural injection can get overwhelming when you live in a pla...

I had always wanted to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial because it strikes me as being one of the most moving legacies to the futility an...

It's hard to imagine today when war remains a far off concept aired on CNN in dusty and dry places. It's hard to imagine the feeling...

Let's admit it we have all wanted to be someone else at some point in their lives. What guy has never wanted to have the star appeal of ...

Belgium may be out of the World Cup but the fun is just beginning for one fan whose iconic Viking image was spotted by a modelling company t...

I try not to check the stats on my blog too much because it tends to resemble John Cleese's parrot. A combination of infrequent postings...

Every four years - assuming they are in the World Cup - Americans get all excited about the game with the iniquitous 's' word. ...

I hesitated briefly as I saw the reassuringly thick spine in the library and finally grabbed it from the shelf. Hemingway to me feels like a...

It's hard to believe the iconic Bruce Springsteen song Born in the USA is 30 years old. The year was 1984 and I distinctly remember the ...

You have to spare the odd thought for King Richard III. Demonized as a scheming hunchback by Shakespeare, and found with his skull smashed i...

It's only April (I think it's still April); which is, of course, the cruelest month boasting the sinking of the Titanic, the Hillsbo...