Bumpkin and Grinding
The Sentence I Never Served
Expat life and time spent working in Spain? Columnist Plum Woodard goes from from demure globetrotter to enigmatic escaped convict in record time.
Mediterranean Homesick Blues
The British isles are magic, even they are a mongrel of a landmass. I’d like to share with you some of the things I viscerally miss about the UK…
My Room 101
Unless you’re Pollyanna, we’ve all got pet peeves: other people’s farts, Comic Sans font, nose picking, certain use of certain words, Bono… Isn’t it funny how tiny trivial things can really get just that little too deep under our skin?
Days I’ll Remember All My Life?
I’d like to share with you the fashion faux pas, bad haircuts, embarrassing values and general areas of the late 90s I hope never come back round to haunt anyone…
Country Girl, Got To Keep On Keeping On…
This autumn, I find myself in the throes of an identity crisis. Basically, I think I’ve turned into a boy.
Doin’ It For The Girls..?
It’s a slippery slope when it comes to letting the side down, girls, and I’m only at the self-inflicted stage.
A Brit Well And Truly Abroad
As long as I don’t have to snog toothless Pepe again, I can cope fine with the initial, erm, teething problems…
So, You Think You Know You?
Ram Dass said that “We’re all so busy being who we think we are.” Too true.
Tribute to Schmich: My Advice To You
“Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.”
Opportunity Knocks
Keep your eyes peeled and don’t be afraid: not just in love and romance, but for everything in life. Opportunities have massive cojones and they liked to be grabbed.
