The United Nations lists 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, or colonies, remaining in the world. Of those 17, Britain retains a total of nine Overseas Territories scattered around the globe.
In the At...
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” - Margaret Thatcher
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I was thinking of some flowery words to write for the end of 2021, and none came to mind.
Then I thought of some other flowery words for the beginning of 2022, and none came to mind.
As a matter of fa...
One of the interesting oddities of driving in the United Kingdom is going to a service station.
It is all self-service because you have to pump your fuel — quite a big difference from Bermuda, where y...
"If God did not want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep.” — Calvera, The Magnificent Seven
According to the storyline of the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, seven men were hired to ...
One month in Britain during the winter. One month of wondering where are the blue skies, warm sun rays and tree frogs at night?
During this last month, I have finally been able to experience several t...
It has been a longstanding tradition for Bermudian premiers to host dinners for Bermudian students studying in Britain.
For obvious reasons, there was no dinner held last year.
This year, two dinners ...
There is a growing proportion of Bermudians now studying, working, visiting and retiring in Britain.
Some estimates have the number between 3,000 and 4,000 persons.
That would equate to roughly 7 per ...
For the past few weeks, much of the world has focused on the northern part of Britain.
To be precise, the world’s gaze was on a “wee town” in Scotland called Glasgow.
Quite literally, the future of th...
Quite often, need meets opportunity and magic happens.
Such was the case for me last week when I needed to book a ticket to get to Britain to visit some family members. Going through online options wa...