Opinion

I do have a day job. Although I rabbit on a lot about writing, social media and my dog, I don’t mention my day job very often on my blog. So for those of you who may not know, I fill my days being an adult EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher. That is, teaching adults…

There’s a very good reason why Apple are now about the biggest company in the world and have taken a stranglehold, if not a monopoly in the ‘Have to Have To Be Cool’ market. But who are these millions of Apple freaks who have made Apple what it is today? With the assistance of the…

While we all now appreciate the wonder of the Internet and its global reach that connects the world in milliseconds, it’s just a damn shame that the governments of the world have not caught up. Still looking inwardly and only interested in their little patch of turf and, of course, taxes. At the same time,…

No need for words. Just the colours of autumn on a little Sunday afternoon walk in the forest.

With the economic austerity measures now being inflicted on Greece, is it any wonder people are in the streets getting angry and, unfortunately, now violent? When you take away peoples’ jobs, homes, pensions and hope, what the hell do you expect? Even in one of the oldest civilised countries in the world. The fault once…

One of the wonders of living in Europe is being able to go on holiday and still see your home. Yet everything is different. I’ve just returned from a holiday in Savoie in France, less than an hour’s drive from my home in Switzerland, and it was easy to think I was 1,000s of miles…