Culture Vulture Schmulture – E
Atoz goes for a feel-good choice for “E” – starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and, er, Russell Osman…
I am not Walter Mitty
“Don’t you find that, as expats, you cease to be part of the same race as British non-expats? You’ll say something in all innocence, like: ‘When I was going through the Khyber Pass…’ or: ‘When two machine guns opened fire on our jeep on the Iraqi border…’ and non-expats will look at you as if you’d just said ‘The last time I was abducted by aliens…'” Phil finds that some of the people she’s left behind no longer understand her.
Culture Vulture Schmulture – D
In which Stanley Kubrick and Peter Sellers are d-feated by two blokes from the Catskill Mountains, NY.
Hong Kong Morris Men
“Morris dancing is an English traditional type of dancing. Its origins go back for hundreds of years to pre-Christian times. The farmers and peasants who did these dances believed that the dances helped their crops to grow.” David Scott writes about the Hong Kong Morris.
Jakarta
Useful information, hints and tips for visitors to Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.