“Have you got the paper counterpart to your driving licence?” I asked Dougie. “No, I don’t have one.” “What do you mean, you don’t have one?” “When I lost my old paper licence a couple
Living it up on a luxury yacht
+++++ Warning! This blog post contains lots of bragging ++++++++ As you may remember, I am a finalist in this year’s Mad Blog Awards, the results of which will be revealed at a ceremony in
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Very occasionally you pick up a book, start to read it and instantly know you’re discovering something very special, something you have a feeling will be big…huge even. You know people will start to talk about
Book review: Held Up by Christopher Radmann
As Paul van Niekirk drives his new car away from the BMW dealership in Johannesburg, he has no idea his successful, pretty much perfect world is about to be shattered. Held up at gunpoint and
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It’s all very well me telling you about family squabbles and people dressing up as Scooby Doo but I’m sure you are keen to know a little more about Stockholm and what it has to offer
Mum’s gone to Sweden: How to embarrass your teenage son on holiday
Half way through our second full day in Stockholm, Rory wrestled my trusty notebook out of my hands and wrote the following: “Awkward and slightly embarrassing moments Mum unable to say ‘hop on, hop off’
Mum’s Gone to Sweden: Sitting on the dock of the bay
Rory on Strombron. The smaller boat on the left is a very popular youth hostel. There’s an awful lot of water in Stockholm which makes for a breathtakingly beautiful city. Spread over many islands, with
Mum’s Gone to Sweden: Stockholm Syndrome
In 1973 a robbery took place at the Kreditbanken in Stockholm and four bank employees were held hostage over six days. ‘The Norrmalmstorg Drama’, as it was known, has since been associated with the term