So these days, if you are an immigrant who wants to become British, you can’t just show up, attempt to fit in, and hope they don’t put you on the next boat home. You also need to do some studying from a Government-issue book on “Life in the British Isles” or a similarly racy title. […]
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African sunset – Walker Bay, March 2013
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When we first came to live in London, like most new arrivals, we did not have a lot of cash to spare. I was trying to finish a thesis and struggling to find part-time work; we had just shelled out what seemed like an obscene amount of money as a deposit to rent a […]
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Strelitzia – Cape Town, March 2013
Click here for a full portionGingerbread cookies for Easter
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: There are two types of people in the world – bakers and non-bakers. Bakers tend to be those with an eye for detail – the kind of people who are not at all fazed by recipes requiring “2.5 egg yolks”; who are willing to spend as […]
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The Reichstag, Berlin – May 2011
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