Another odd conversation I had while I was in Swede was with Christina’s mother and sister, on the use of certain words. It made me surprisingly uncomfortable given what I know about this family, Swedish culture and so on. It was about the “n-word”, as people call it. I’ll let the classic film Blazing Saddles [...]
… revealing something beautiful. The Gatehouse.
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The underpass to reach the car park was a necessity due to the tight space but it adds a rather nice character to the building as a whole and makes it look just that little bit different.
These flats are the first step on our family’s [...]
A little ways back I made a few predictions. “Why we won’t matter” it was called.
To a certain extent I was right, but in important ways I was wrong. As is perhaps obvious I completely failed to predict the current, escalating labour situation in the UK that is threatening to be a repeat of [...]
A few days ago my wife, of the golden hair and golden skin, was applying for jobs. She was telephoning various places inquiring about positions in secretarial, administrative and research work. Now this requires a momentary diversion as we explore a cultural issue.
The accepted way of answering the phone in English speaking countries is normally [...]
