British Expat Newsletter:
5 October 2005
This week: Coffee – how it’s produced and traded, and how fair trade is a growing part of the international coffee commodity market.
British Expat Newsletter:
28 September 2005
This week: Shopping – how technology and business pressures are homogenising the experience of the weekly shop in the UK.
British Expat Newsletter:
2 February 2005
This week: Sex, drugs and rock and roll – sexism, prudery, pharmaceuticals and drug laws.
British Expat Newsletter:
11 February 2004
This week: Student fees – a first-year student auctions her virginity to stave off debt, and the Government faces a back-bench rebellion.
British Expat Newsletter:
16 July 2003
This week: Pests – insects, monkeys and corrupt officials.
When did they take the “Great” out of Britain?
“It has been some 30 years since I flew off to warmer climes clutching my passport and the intention to return home one day. But now that I’ve had my fill of wadi-bashing, dune driving, and tax-free living, I find that home has turned into a cross between a yob’s paradise, a banana republic and a police state. What the heck has happened to Britain during my absence?” Linda Heard ain’t planning on returning to the UK any time soon…