For a huge city, London is quite a friendly place. We didn’t even make the list of the most unfriendly cities of 2016 and Londoners are many things but they don’t have a reputation as being eternally grumpy like Paris or Moscow or entirely lacking in concepts of personal space and good manners like others.… Continue reading Talking on the Tube… has the whole world gone mad?
Tag: British Problems
Alexander Kinglake – The Tale Of A Very English Shyness
I’ve written before about the trials of introvercy and issues surrounding being shy and the related by British Problems that people like myself encounter in their day to day existence. So it is with great pleasure and also total empathy that I learned today about someone who I whole-heartedly relate to; a 19th Century English gentleman… Continue reading Alexander Kinglake – The Tale Of A Very English Shyness
Are British really obsessed with weather
Earlier this week I posted about whether the widely known stereotype of us British having bad teeth had any validity? In the end, it had none at all and we can rest easy knowing there are few with more healthy or well-maintained teeth than us. Today I’m going to deal with another stereotype, namely are… Continue reading Are British really obsessed with weather
Stephen Liddell 