I was listening to a debate on BBC Radio from the sunny sanctuary of my Bodrum balcony. It was about immigration, something of a national obsession in Britain, particularly now that the recession has started to really hurt. Some of the comments were intelligent and thoughtful, others were plain stupid. It made me think. How [...]
Not many people read my blog, but a couple of thoses who do have suggested turning it into a book. I don’t know about that. But I do know (in the internet sense) someone who did turn his expat blog into a book: Jack Scott, who writes the popular blog Perking the Pansies, is now [...]
One of the best things about travel is meeting people, and one of the best ways to meet like-minded people is to travel in ways that explore your interests. I’ve done this in several ways: As a teenager I traveled with an orchestra every summer. Not only did this give me a chance to experience [...]
I’ve always wanted to sing at the Spoleto Festival. For most opera singers, the Italian dream destination is La Scala in Milan, but for me the location of a job was sometimes as important as the prestige of the engagement. In fact, some of my best memories of my career are the times I spent [...]
It had been over a week since Billy’s motorbike accident, and he was still in pain. He’d originally thought there was no point in getting an x-ray, because there isn’t anything to be done for fractured ribs anyway. But as our trip to Italy grew closer, and more and more of his friends suggested he [...]
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