Brits in the USA

A few stories in the news have  reminded me again of a great universal truth that far too few people admit to themselves, namely... CLOWN...

I spent weeks wondering how he did it. The earth in Greg's garden was smooth and a lustrous red. The summer rain washed over it and it f...

When your life is fragmented, you pay more attention to the pieces. A uniform mirror presents an unremarkable surface. When it's broken ...

It's high time we stopped our obsession with mid life sex or what was Joan Rivers' doctor doing to concentrate on the things that re...

Americans don't get Kate Bush much. "Who's that wailing woman?" is the usual response I get while one girl tried to persua...

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...