How to help a cow give birth
This video shows my cousins, Sue and Gordon, helping a cow give birth to her calf. It’s a little graphic, …
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Getting shirty with Obama
Hard to believe, but it was only a year ago that I was fighting with the UK Border Control people …
New York, a love story, 11 years later
There are two places in the world that I love above all others: my parents’ village in the Peak …
Stupid things parents do!
A couple of years ago, I wrote a parenting column for the Boston (US) Globe Sunday magazine. I enjoyed it …
Back to School!!!
With the new school year about to begin in the US and UK, my eye drifts to this cartoon that …
Meg christens herself
When my daughter Meg was nineteen months old, I had her christened in our family’s parish church in England. Here’s …
Bell-ringing at St Mary’s Church, Crich, Derbyshire
There’s something so very joyous about the sound of church bells ringing. The church down the street from my house …
US vs UK: Mind the Gap
I’m really enjoying the Olympics (go Team USA! Go Team GB!), and hope you are, too. I just did a …
US vs UK: “Two posh boys who don’t know the price of milk”
David Cameron, prime minister of the UK, has finally said something that I can admire. When Mitt Romney, who ran …
In Which I Carry the Olympic Torch
The Olympic torch, made of what appears to be gold-colored metal, is a meter long and surprisingly heavy. In order …
The Year of Living Englishly 