During dinner, J, who is English, kept referring to one of the small group of diners around the table as ‘Jock.’ After he did this...
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Social media is a font of useful information and misinformation. But how can we tell which is which? How can we identify fake news on...
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A few weeks ago, The Guardian’s Tim Dowling’s wrote about catching Covid so late in its arc that nobody really cared anymore; not even his...
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It turns out our MP is, or was, the tractor porn guy. Having lived in the Tiverton and Honiton area for one year now, I...
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I put it partly down to TripAdvisor restaurant reviews that I don’t have as much hair now as I did ten years ago. With my...
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This week, one of the topics I’ve been writing about is desserts, to tie in with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, specifically the Platinum Pudding...
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The Pheasant's Lament The taste of tarmac is addictively sweet Is my one and only explanation Why a blend of tar, stone, and sand, Can...
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I’ve never really thought about the early life of puppies before. We all know they’re off-the-scale cute, bags of fun, and can melt even the...
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Once a civil servant, always a civil servant … so they say. Well, THEY don’t really say that, but Andy and I do blurt it...
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By the Time Dawn Breaks
A tale of mystery & magic from the Canary Islands. available to buy on Amazon here
Camel Spit & Cork Trees
A fast-moving travelogue about life in off the beaten track areas of Portugal - [Find Out More]
The Real Tenerife
An insider's guide to Tenerife written with insight and passion by travel writers who, for 14 years, lived on the island ... [Find Out More]
Walk This Way Tenerife
The best of Tenerife’s walking routes written by travel writers specialising in Tenerife & the Canary Islands... [Find Out More]
