“I’m going to add an extra touch this year, assuming I can find one of those amusing e-greetings cards. If I put enough effort into it, I’m confident I’ll come up with a heartfelt template at Yahoo.com. Imagine my wife’s delight at discovering an ‘I Love You’ e-mail on the computer!” Trevor muses on his forthcoming wedding anniversary, the death of the Pope, and 1.FC Nürnberg’s impending relegation…
Would-be relocators who have followed my family’s migration from south-west London to our new home in Spain, may have already been assisted in their search for…
Over the last few years we have heard an increasing number of, perhaps apocryphal, tales of UK citizens “not recognising” the country they grew up in.…
“I’ve no idea where that case fell down from or how it arrived in the cellar. I came across half of a booklet published in 1812: ‘Merryweather’s Concise Compendium of Wisdom, Idioms and Expressions Collected during Mr Merryweather’s Journies Around and Through the.’ I’m not sure where Merryweather had been, seeing as the cover was less than well-preserved.” Trevor goes rooting through his cellar and unearths some pearls of questionable wisdom…
When I broke the news that I would be moving to Switzerland, every friend immediately cracked a joke about Swiss bank accounts. Their second reaction was…
“I don’t think I’ve mentioned my illustrious football career. To those who don’t know me personally, it may come as a surprise to hear I had one. It would be completely incredible to my acquaintances, but people are full of surprises.” Trevor reminisces about the last time he pulled on his boots…